*Base images courtesy NASA's earth observatory eobglossary.gsfc.nasa.gov

Whether a trip is completed entirely at subsonic speeds, at maximum supersonic cruise or some combination thereof, range remains nearly constant.

From New York, a range of more than 4,000 nm brings all of Europe and most of Brazil within easy reach. Asia is one stop away.

Approved supersonic corridor over Canada enables one-stop U.S. East Coast to Asia in five hours less time than flying nonstop at Mach .85. Aerion time: 9 hours, 33 minutes, including one hour for fuel stop.

Aerion SBJ lands in New York after 4 hours 14 minutes. A subsonic jet would land more than three hours later.

Transcontinental U.S. at Mach .98 saves 41 minutes over Mach .85 aircraft: 4 hours, 19 minutes versus 5 hours.

Aerion SBJ saves about one hour from New York to Miami by flying at Mach 1.6 over water: 1 hour 33 minutes versus 2 hours 27 minutes at Mach .85.

Range from Dubai Aerion jet reaches all of Europe and most of Asia nonstop.

Dubai to Singapore in four hours, 15 minutes, cutting travel time almost in half.

Aerion flies Dubai to Tokyo in seven hours, 44 minutes at .98 Mach shaving two hours off the time in a conventional aircraft.

Dubai to London in four hours, 55 minutes versus six hours, 40 minutes in a conventional business jet.

Dubai to New York in nine hours, 36 minutes, even with a one-hour fuel stop. Aerion saves travelers and crew from a 14 and a half- hour flying day.