Qatar Airways plane successfully landed in New Zealand’s Auckland after 16-hours-long non-stop flight, the airline said on Monday.

According to media reports, the flight lasted 16 hours and 23 minutes, making it the longest commercial non-stop flight in history, with the plane crossing 14,535 kilometers (9,032 miles).

The plane took off in Doha on February 5 at 5:10 a.m. local time (2:10 GMT) and landed in Auckland on Monday at 7:25 a.m. local time, (18:25 GMT on Sunday).

"We’ve officially landed in New Zealand, the ‘Land of the Long White Cloud’," the airline wrote on Twitter.

In 2016, Russia's MiG-31BM supersonic interceptor spent seven hours and four minutes in the sky, setting the record for the aircraft of that type.

The return flight, QR921, leaves Auckland airport at 2.40pm and reaches Doha same night 10:10pm.

The 5 longest routes are:

• Doha-Auckland: 9,032 miles
• Dubai-Auckland: 8,824 miles
• Dallas-Sydney: 8,578 miles
• Johannesburg-Atlanta: 8,439 miles
• Singapore-San Francisco: 8,434 miles

(Sputnik and TPQ)