New York to Ashburn Latency, Ping & RTT | AS203314
New York to Ashburn ping and RTT: 6 ms, 0.12 ms jitter, 3.44 ms fiber floor, and 57.3% efficiency across AS203314. Updated 2026-07-19.
🇺🇸 This page compares the published ping and round-trip time (RTT) from New York (NYC) to 🇺🇸 Ashburn (IAD) with vacuum and optical-fiber physical limits.
Latency Summary
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| RTT | 6 ms |
| Jitter | 0.12 ms |
| Packet Loss | 0% |
| Standard Fiber Floor | 3.44 ms |
| Fiber Efficiency | 57.3% |
| Latency Tier | Ultra-Low |
| Source Region | North America |
| Destination Region | North America |
Theoretical Fiber Latency
The public physical reference uses the GeoNames city centres for New York City (40.71427, -74.00597) and Ashburn (39.04372, -77.48749). It does not disclose either facility address.
| Physical Reference | Value |
|---|---|
| WGS-84 geodesic distance | 350.8 km |
| Vacuum RTT floor | 2.34 ms |
| Standard fiber RTT floor () | 3.44 ms |
| Low-latency fiber material floor | 3.42 ms |
| Engineering floor (5% path allowance) | 3.61 ms |
| Research 1.33× mapped-fiber reference | 4.57 ms |
| Estimated unamplified path loss | 73.7 dB |
| Transparent optical spans / inline amplifiers | 5 / 4 |
| Published RTT inflation over fiber floor | 1.75× |
Attenuation is used to estimate the number of 80 km optical spans; it does not directly slow light. See the full theoretical fiber latency, GeoNames, attenuation, and amplifier methodology.
Stability & Trend
The following estimated indicators summarize route stability for the current publication period and are intended for comparative planning rather than SLA evaluation.
| Stability Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Minimum RTT | 5.9 ms |
| Median RTT (p50) | 6 ms |
| 95th percentile RTT (p95) | 6.2 ms |
| Maximum RTT | 6.3 ms |
| Jitter | 0.12 ms |
| Packet loss | 0% |
RTT trend
Estimated route stability across the selected time window.
- Average
- 6.0 ms
- Minimum
- 5.9 ms
- Maximum
- 6.1 ms
- Average loss
- 0.01%
Route Context
- Departure PoP: New York (NYC)
- Destination PoP: Ashburn (IAD)
- Region overview: North America → North America
- Full global matrix: Backbone Latency Matrix
- Physical methodology: Theoretical Fiber Latency
Related City-Pair Routes
- Reverse direction: Ashburn to New York latency and RTT — 6 ms
- New York to Miami latency and RTT — 39.4 ms
- New York to Los Angeles latency and RTT — 58.3 ms
- New York to Seattle latency and RTT — 58.8 ms
- New York to London latency and RTT — 64.2 ms
- New York to Paris latency and RTT — 68.6 ms
About This Measurement
Published RTT reflects best-case backbone path behavior. End-user latency also depends on local access networks, congestion, routing policy, and traffic engineering. Stability indicators are comparative estimates, and none of these values is an SLA.
Data auto-generated on July 19, 2026. Explore the full interactive latency matrix or browse more city-pair routes.