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AKL Auckland ⇄ NAN Nadi (Fiji)

Auckland International Airport (New Zealand) and Nadi International Airport (Fiji): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance2,156 km1,340 mi1,164 nautical miles
AKL → NAN3 h 30 minestimated block time
NAN → AKL3 h 30 minestimated block time
Clock change−1 hNadi (Fiji) vs Auckland, today
Great-circle route from Auckland (AKL) to Nadi (Fiji) (NAN)AKLAucklandNANNadi (Fiji)
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

AKL → NAN

3 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 8° (N).

Leave Auckland Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Nadi (Fiji) Sat 7 Nov, 12:30 local.

NAN → AKL

3 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 186° (S).

Leave Nadi (Fiji) Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Auckland Sat 7 Nov, 14:30 local.

The two directions differ by 3 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance2,156 km · 1,340 mi · 1,164 nmi
Initial heading8° (N) from AKL; 186° (S) from NAN
Farthest from the equator37.0°S
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip11% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

AKLPacific/Auckland — UTC+13 now; UTC+12 standard time, UTC+13 during daylight saving time
NANPacific/Fiji — UTC+12 now; UTC+12 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceNadi (Fiji) is 1 hour behind Auckland today; −1 h in January and ±0 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying AKL → NAN. Your body clock has to move 1 hour later, like a westward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

AKL Auckland International AirportAuckland, New Zealand · longest runway 11,926 ft3,635 m NAN Nadi International AirportNadi (Fiji), Fiji · longest runway 10,739 ft3,273 m

More routes from AKL and NAN

AKLWLG Auckland – Wellington 480 km298 mi · 1 h 35 min SYDAKL Sydney – Auckland 2,159 km1,342 mi · 3 h 15 min AKLPPT Auckland – Papeete (Tahiti) 4,094 km2,544 mi · 5 h 25 min AKLEZE Auckland – Buenos Aires 10,312 km6,408 mi · 12 h DXBAKL Dubai – Auckland 14,199 km8,823 mi · 16 h 30 min DOHAKL Doha – Auckland 14,534 km9,031 mi · 16 h 50 min SYDNAN Sydney – Nadi (Fiji) 3,169 km1,969 mi · 4 h 25 min LAXNAN Los Angeles – Nadi (Fiji) 8,893 km5,526 mi · 11 h 30 min

Routes of a similar length

KEFCPH Reykjavík – Copenhagen 2,144 km1,332 mi · 3 h 25 min TPENRT Taipei – Tokyo 2,181 km1,355 mi · 3 h 20 min AMSATH Amsterdam – Athens 2,182 km1,356 mi · 3 h 20 min DXBDEL Dubai – Delhi 2,182 km1,356 mi · 3 h 20 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).