On June 17th, 1947, Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) inaugurated its historic “Round-The-World” route. Operations began in New York and ended in San Francisco and vice versa. A few years later, San Francisco was removed from the schedule and replaced by Los Angeles.
At launch, flight 002 departed New York to London, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Beirut, New Delhi, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Honolulu. Meanwhile, flight 001 took off from San Francisco to the same cities in the reverse direction.
Services began with Lockheed Constellations, and were later operated by Boeing 707s and Boeing 747s.
Pan Am “Round-the-World” route schedule – 1969
Flights had a daily frequency on Boeing 707 aircraft, and each day the stopovers were partially modified.
DEPARTURES FROM NEW YORK (JFK/KJFK)
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Monday, Wednesday and Friday
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| Flight | From | ETD | To | ETA |
| PA 2 | New York | 20:00 | London | 07:40 +1 |
| PA 2 | London | 09:00 +1 | Frankfurt | 10:15 +1 |
| PA 2 | Frankfurt | 11:15 +1 | Istanbul | 15:00 +1 |
| PA 2 | Istanbul | 15:50 +1 | Beirut | 17:20 +1 |
| PA 2 | Beirut | 18:15 +1 | Tehran | 22:30 +1 |
| PA 2 | Tehran | 23:30 +1 | New Delhi | 04:50 +2 |
| PA 2 | New Delhi | 05:40 +2 | Bangkok | 10:55 +2 |
| PA 2 | Bangkok | 12:00 +2 | Hong Kong | 16:30 +2 |
| PA 2 | Hong Kong | 18:00 +2 | Tokyo | 21:45 +2 |
| PA 2 | Tokyo | 22:45 +2 | Honolulu | 10:55 +2 |
| PA 2 | Honolulu | 12:00 +2 | Los Angeles | 20:30 +2 |
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Tuesday
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| Flight | From | ETD | To | ETA |
| PA 2 | New York | 20:00 | London | 07:40 +1 |
| PA 2 | London | 09:00 +1 | Frankfurt | 10:15 +1 |
| PA 2 | Frankfurt | 11:15 +1 | Istanbul | 15:00 +1 |
| PA 2 | Istanbul | 15:50 +1 | Beirut | 17:20 +1 |
| PA 2 | Beirut | 18:15 +1 | Karachi | 02:00 +2 |
| PA 2 | Karachi | 02:45 +2 | Bangkok | 09:30 +2 |
| PA 2 | Bangkok | 10:20 +2 | Saigon | 12:40 +2 |
| PA 2 | Saigon | 13:25 +2 | Hong Kong | 16:45 +2 |
| PA 2 | Hong Kong | 18:00 +2 | Tokyo | 21:45 +2 |
| PA 2 | Tokyo | 22:45 +2 | Honolulu | 10:55 +2 |
| PA 2 | Honolulu | 12:30 +2 | Los Angeles | 20:30 +2 |
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Saturday
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| Flight | From | ETD | To | ETA |
| PA 2 | New York | 20:00 | London | 07:40 +1 |
| PA 2 | London | 09:00 +1 | Frankfurt | 10:15 +1 |
| PA 2 | Frankfurt | 11:15 +1 | Istanbul | 15:00 +1 |
| PA 2 | Istanbul | 15:50 +1 | Beirut | 17:20 +1 |
| PA 2 | Beirut | 18:15 +1 | Karachi | 02:00 +2 |
| PA 2 | Karachi | 02:45 +2 | New Delhi | 04:55 +2 |
| PA 2 | New Delhi | 05:40 +2 | Bangkok | 10:55 +2 |
| PA 2 | Bangkok | 12:00 +2 | Hong Kong | 16:30 +2 |
| PA 2 | Hong Kong | 18:00 +2 | Tokyo | 21:45 +2 |
| PA 2 | Tokyo | 22:45 +2 | Honolulu | 10:55 +2 |
| PA 2 | Honolulu | 12:30 +2 | Los Angeles | 20:30 +2 |
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Thursday and Sunday
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| Flight | From | ETD | To | ETA |
| PA 2 | New York | 20:00 | London | 07:40 +1 |
| PA 2 | London | 09:00 +1 | Frankfurt | 10:15 +1 |
| PA 2 | Frankfurt | 11:15 +1 | Istanbul | 15:00 +1 |
| PA 2 | Istanbul | 15:50 +1 | Beirut | 17:20 +1 |
| PA 2 | Beirut | 18:15 +1 | Karachi | 02:00 +2 |
| PA 2 | Karachi | 02:45 +2 | Kolkata | 06:10 +2 |
| PA 2 | Kolkata | 06:45 +2 | Yangon | 09:20 +2 |
| PA 2 | Yangon | 09:55 +2 | Bangkok | 11:30 +2 |
| PA 2 | Bangkok | 12:15 +2 | Hong Kong | 16:45 +2 |
| PA 2 | Hong Kong | 18:00 +2 | Tokyo | 21:45 +2 |
| PA 2 | Tokyo | 22:45 +2 | Honolulu | 10:55 +2 |
| PA 2 | Honolulu | 12:30 +2 | Los Angeles | 20:30 +2 |
DEPARTURES FROM LOS ANGELES (LAX/KLAX)
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Monday, Wednesday and Friday
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| Flight | From | ETD | To | ETA |
| PA 1 | Los Angeles | 09:00 | Honolulu | 11:15 |
| PA 1 | Honolulu | 12:45 | Tokyo | 15:40 +1 |
| PA 1 | Tokyo | 17:30 +1 | Hong Kong | 21:30 +1 |
| PA 1 | Hong Kong | 23:00 +1 | Bangkok | 23:30 +1 |
| PA 1 | Bangkok | 00:30 +2 | New Delhi | 02:45 +2 |
| PA 1 | New Delhi | 03:30 +2 | Tehran | 05:05 +2 |
| PA 1 | Tehran | 07:00 +2 | Beirut | 08:20 +2 |
| PA 1 | Beirut | 09:30 +2 | Istanbul | 11:05 +2 |
| PA 1 | Istanbul | 12:00 +2 | Frankfurt | 13:55 +2 |
| PA 1 | Frankfurt | 15:00 +2 | London | 16:20 +2 |
| PA 1 | London | 17:30 +2 | New York | 20:10 +2 |
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Tuesday
To see all tables, place the mobile phone in a horizontal position
| Flight | From | ETD | To | ETA |
| PA 1 | Los Angeles | 09:00 | Honolulu | 11:15 |
| PA 1 | Honolulu | 12:45 | Tokyo | 15:40 +1 |
| PA 1 | Tokyo | 17:30 +1 | Hong Kong | 21:30 +1 |
| PA 1 | Hong Kong | 23:00 +1 | Bangkok | 23:30 +1 |
| PA 1 | Bangkok | 00:30 +2 | Kolkata | 01:15 +2 |
| PA 1 | Kolkata | 02:00 +2 | Karachi | 04:25 +2 |
| PA 1 | Karachi | 06:00 +2 | Beirut | 08:05 +2 |
| PA 1 | Beirut | 09:30 +2 | Istanbul | 11:05 +2 |
| PA 1 | Istanbul | 12:00 +2 | Frankfurt | 13:55 +2 |
| PA 1 | Frankfurt | 15:00 +2 | London | 16:20 +2 |
| PA 1 | London | 17:30 +2 | New York | 20:10 +2 |
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Saturday
To see all tables, place the mobile phone in a horizontal position
| Flight | From | ETD | To | ETA |
| PA 1 | Los Angeles | 09:00 | Honolulu | 11:15 |
| PA 1 | Honolulu | 12:45 | Tokyo | 15:40 +1 |
| PA 1 | Tokyo | 17:30 +1 | Hong Kong | 21:30 +1 |
| PA 1 | Hong Kong | 23:00 +1 | Bangkok | 23:30 +1 |
| PA 1 | Bangkok | 00:30 +2 | New Delhi | 02:45 +2 |
| PA 1 | New Delhi | 03:30 +2 | Karachi | 04:40 +2 |
| PA 1 | Karachi | 06:00 +2 | Beirut | 08:05 +2 |
| PA 1 | Beirut | 09:30 +2 | Istanbul | 11:05 +2 |
| PA 1 | Istanbul | 12:00 +2 | Frankfurt | 13:55 +2 |
| PA 1 | Frankfurt | 15:00 +2 | London | 16:20 +2 |
| PA 1 | London | 17:30 +2 | New York | 20:10 +2 |
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Thursday and Sunday
To see all tables, place the mobile phone in a horizontal position
| Flight | From | ETD | To | ETA |
| PA 1 | Los Angeles | 09:00 | Honolulu | 11:15 |
| PA 1 | Honolulu | 12:45 | Tokyo | 15:40 +1 |
| PA 1 | Tokyo | 17:30 +1 | Hong Kong | 21:30 +1 |
| PA 1 | Hong Kong | 23:00 +1 | Bangkok | 23:30 +1 |
| PA 1 | Bangkok | 00:30 +2 | Yangon | 01:00 +2 |
| PA 1 | Yangon | 01:45 +2 | Kolkata | 02:20 +2 |
| PA 1 | Kolkata | 03:05 +2 | Karachi | 05:30 +2 |
| PA 1 | Karachi | 06:30 +2 | Beirut | 08:35 +2 |
| PA 1 | Beirut | 09:30 +2 | Istanbul | 11:05 +2 |
| PA 1 | Istanbul | 12:00 +2 | Frankfurt | 13:55 +2 |
| PA 1 | Frankfurt | 15:00 +2 | London | 16:20 +2 |
| PA 1 | London | 17:30 +2 | New York | 20:10 +2 |
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See also: #TBT: Varig flights between Rio de Janeiro, Lima, Los Angeles and Tokyo in 1987.
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