Flygtid

Flygtid is a Danish term used in aviation to denote the duration of a flight. It refers to the time from takeoff to landing and is used in scheduling, ticketing, and flight information. The word is formed from fly (flight) and tid (time) in Danish.

In practice, flygtid can denote either the scheduled flight time published by airlines or the actual elapsed time of a specific flight. Airlines may quote a scheduled flygtid for planning purposes, while air-traffic-control and flight-status services report the observed or actual flygtid. In some contexts, the term can be used interchangeably with flight duration or air time, though some sources differentiate between airborne time (the time the aircraft is in the air) and block time or gate-to-gate time (time from departure gate to arrival gate).

Flygtid is influenced by wind, routing, and air traffic constraints; a tailwind can shorten time, while a headwind can lengthen it. Delays due to weather or contingencies also affect the realized flygtid.

Examples vary by route. On short domestic routes, flygtid often lies around one to three hours; long-haul international flights can exceed five hours and sometimes reach ten hours or more. The concept is parallel to the English terms flight time or duration.