Manila (MNL) to New York (NYC): 8,510 miles (13,696 km) great-circle, about 17h 30m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $1208 round-trip on Air India, with 1 stop, departing May 6, 2026.
$1208 round-trip, Air India AI2361, departing 2026-05-06 at 22:55, returning 2026-06-01. The recorded itinerary left on a Wednesday, returning on a Monday 26 nights later; the fare was observed 11 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $1208, it ranked 30th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from MNL (median $265). That is 14.2 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), below the MNL median of 23.6 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from MNL of similar length: Los Angeles (7,295 mi) at $973 and London (6,690 mi) at $886.
MNL to NYC is the only one of 30 MNL routes where Air India priced cheapest. It is the longest of the 30 routes we track from MNL.
Of 50 departure airports with a fare to New York, Manila (MNL) ranked 45th at $1208. Lowest: $95 from Miami (MIA); highest: $1609 from Auckland (AKL); 18 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Spirit (8), Frontier (7), Alaska Airlines (3), JetBlue (3), Southwest (3) and Air Canada (2), plus 20 more.
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Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones Asia/Manila, America/New_York; flight time is our estimate.