
March 9, 2015
Flight 1: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to Muscat, Oman
Duration: 13 hr 1 min.
Distance: 417 nm
Pilot: Andre Borschberg

March 10, 2015
Flight 2: Muscat, Oman, to Ahmedabad, India
Duration: 15 hr 20 min.
Distance: 860 nm
Pilot: Bertrand Piccard

March 18, 2015
Flight 3: Ahmedabad to Varanasi, India
Duration:13 hr 15 min.
Distance: 630 nm
Pilot: Andre Borschberg

March 18-19
Flight 4: Varanasi, India, to Mandalay, Myanmar
Duration: 13 hr 29 min.
Distance: 829 nm
Pilot: Bertrand Piccard

March 29-30
Flight 5: Mandalay, Myanmar, to Chongqing, China
Duration: 20 hr 29 min.
Distance: 883 nm
Pilot: Bertrand Piccard

April 20-21
Flight 6: Chongqing to Nanjing, China
Duration: 17 hr 22 min.
Distance: 747 nm
Pilot: Bertrand Piccard

May 30-June 1
Flight 7: Nanjing, China, to Nagoya, Japan
Duration: 44 hr 9 min.
Distance: 1,589 nm
Pilot: Andre Borschberg

June 28-July 3
Flight 8: Nagoya, Japan, to Kalaeloa, Hawaii
Duration: 117 hr 52 min.
Distance: 4,819 nm
Pilot: Andre Borschberg

April 21-23
Flight 9: Kalaelo, Hawaii, to Mountain View, California
Duration: 62 hr 29 min.
Distance: 2,206 nm
Pilot: Bertrand Piccard

May 2
Flight 10: Mountain View, California, to Phoenix, Arizona
Duration: 15 hr 52 min.
Distance: 601 nm
Pilot: Andre Borschberg
May 12-13
Flight 11: Phoenix, Arizona, to Tulsa, Oklahoma
Duration: 18 hr 10 min.
Distance: 50 nm
Pilot: Bertrand Piccard

May 21-23
Flight 12: Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Dayton, Ohio
Duration: 16 hr 34 min.
Distance: 647 nm
Pilot: Andre Borschberg

May 25
Flight 13: Dayton, Ohio, to Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
Duration: 16 hr 49 min.
Distance: 567 nm
Pilot: Bertrand Piccard

June 11
Flight 14: Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, to New York, New York
Duration: 4 hr 41 min.
Distance: 143 nm
Pilot: Andre Borschberg

June 20-24
Flight 15: New York to Seville, Spain
Duration: 71 hr 8 min.
Distance: 3,653 nm
Pilot: Bertrand Piccard
July 11-13
Flight 16: Seville, Spain, to Cairo, Egypt
Duration: 48 hr 50 min.
Distance: 2,022 nm
Pilot: Andre Borschberg

July 23-26
Flight 17: Cairo, Egypt, to Abu Dhabi, UAE
Duration: 48 hr 37 min.
Distance: 1,455 nm
Pilot: Bertrand Piccard
When Solar Impulse 2 flew around the world in 2015-16, including Andre Borschberg’s almost five-day solo flight across the Pacific, it dispelled the belief that solar-powered aircraft must be gossamer machines with limited capabilities. We look back at its journey around the world.
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