Direct Flights from New York to Stockholm
Stockholm · Sweden
Nonstop service from EWR and JFK to ARN on Delta, SAS, United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Which airports fly this route
New York has 2 airports with nonstop service to Stockholm. Fares differ by airport — each row opens that exact search on Kayak.
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- Find flights ↗EWRARNNewark Liberty International
- Find flights ↗JFKARNJohn F. Kennedy International
How rare is this nonstop?
This is a rare nonstop: only 2 cities fly direct to Stockholm, and New York is one of them. From anywhere else you'd be connecting.
How long to go to Stockholm for, from New York
8h 20m in the air, 3,920 miles. Give Stockholm a week: the first day goes to the journey and the jet lag, whatever you intend.
About Stockholm
Stockholm is Sweden's capital and largest city, with nearly a million inhabitants in the city, and 2.4 million within Stockholm County. The inner city is made up of 14 islands across Lake Mälaren and three streams into the brackish Baltic Sea, with the Stockholm archipelago with some 24,000 islands, islets and skerries. Over 30% of the city area is made up of waterways, and another 30% is made up of green areas. Air and water are said to be the freshest of any European capital. Stockholm hosts the Nobel Prize ceremony and has around 70 museums.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Stockholm
- Drottningholm Palace, or Drottningholm, one of Sweden's royal palaces, situated near Sweden's capital Stockholm, is the private residence of the Swedish royal family.
- Birka, on the island of Björkö in present-day Sweden, was an important Viking Age trading center which handled goods from Scandinavia as well as many parts of Continental Europe and the Orient.
- Stockholm Palace, or the Royal Palace, is the official residence and major royal palace of the Swedish monarch. Stockholm Palace is in Stadsholmen, in Gamla stan in the capital, Stockholm.
- The Vasa Museum is a maritime museum in Stockholm, Sweden. Located on the island of Djurgården, the museum displays the only almost fully intact 17th-century ship that has ever been salvaged, the 64-gun warship Vasa that…
- Skansen is the oldest open-air museum and zoo in Sweden located on the island Djurgården in Stockholm, Sweden.
- Nationalmuseum is the national gallery of fine arts of Sweden, located on the peninsula Blasieholmen in central Stockholm.
- Gripsholm Castle is a castle in Mariefred, Södermanland, Sweden. It is located by Lake Mälaren in south central Sweden, in the municipality of Strängnäs, about 60 km west of Stockholm.
- The Nobel Prize Museum is located in the former Stock Exchange Building (Börshuset) on the north side of the square Stortorget in Gamla Stan, the old town in central Stockholm, Sweden.
- Hovgården is an archaeological site on the Lake Mälaren island of Adelsö in Ekerö Municipality in central-eastern Sweden.
- Ytterby is a village on the Swedish island of Resarö, in Vaxholm Municipality in the Stockholm archipelago. Today the residential area is dominated by suburban homes.
- Storkyrkan, also called Stockholms domkyrka and Sankt Nikolai kyrka, is the oldest church in Stockholm.
- The Nordic Museum is a museum located on Djurgården, an island in central Stockholm, Sweden, dedicated to the cultural history and ethnography of Sweden from the early modern period to the contemporary period.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Stockholm weather, compared with New York
11° cooler than New York on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- Stockholm 32°F · New York 40°F · 7° colder
- April
- Stockholm 51°F · New York 59°F · 9° colder
- July
- Stockholm 73°F · New York 84°F · 11° colder
- October
- Stockholm 50°F · New York 65°F · 15° colder
January bottoms out near 32°F — a real coat, not a layer.
Daily highs averaged from Meteostat station records (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Stockholm
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Stockholm is May–September, when daytime highs are a comfortable 61–73°F.
- How long to stay
- Stockholm rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Drottningholm Palace, Birka, and Stockholm Palace and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from New York to Stockholm?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from New York (EWR, JFK) to Stockholm (ARN) on Delta, SAS, United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from New York to Stockholm?
- Delta, SAS, United fly nonstop between New York (EWR, JFK) and Stockholm (ARN). United flies it June to August only.
- Which New York airport has nonstop flights to Stockholm?
- You can leave from 2 New York airports: EWR (Newark Liberty International) on SAS, United; JFK (John F. Kennedy International) on Delta.
- How many nonstop flights are there from New York to Stockholm?
- There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from New York to Stockholm.
- How far is Stockholm from New York?
- Stockholm is about 3,920 miles from New York by air.
- Is there a direct flight from New York to Sweden?
- Yes — Stockholm (ARN) has nonstop service from New York on Delta, SAS, United, making it a nonstop gateway to Sweden.
- What is there to do in Stockholm?
- Popular things to do include Drottningholm Palace, Birka, Stockholm Palace, Vasa Museum, and more.
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