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BKK Bangkok ⇄ HAN Hanoi

Suvarnabhumi Airport (Thailand) and Noi Bai International Airport (Vietnam): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance995 km618 mi537 nautical miles
BKK → HAN2 h 10 minestimated block time
HAN → BKK2 h 10 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hHanoi vs Bangkok, today
Great-circle route from Bangkok (BKK) to Hanoi (HAN)BKKBangkokHANHanoi
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

BKK → HAN

2 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 32° (NNE).

Leave Bangkok Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Hanoi Sat 7 Nov, 12:10 local.

HAN → BKK

2 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 213° (SSW).

Leave Hanoi Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Bangkok Sat 7 Nov, 12:10 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 distance995 km · 618 mi · 537 nmi
Initial heading32° (NNE) from BKK; 213° (SSW) from HAN
Farthest from the equator21.2°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip5% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

BKKAsia/Bangkok — UTC+7 now; UTC+7 all year (no daylight saving time)
HANAsia/Bangkok — UTC+7 now; UTC+7 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceHanoi is on the same clock as Bangkok today.

Jet lag, flying BKK → HAN. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

BKK Suvarnabhumi AirportBangkok, Thailand · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m HAN Noi Bai International AirportHanoi, Vietnam · longest runway 12,466 ft3,800 m

More routes from BKK and HAN

BKKCNX Bangkok – Chiang Mai 597 km371 mi · 1 h 45 min KULBKK Kuala Lumpur – Bangkok 1,221 km758 mi · 2 h 25 min HKGBKK Hong Kong – Bangkok 1,690 km1,050 mi · 3 h DOHBKK Doha – Bangkok 5,280 km3,281 mi · 6 h 45 min SYDBKK Sydney – Bangkok 7,515 km4,669 mi · 9 h 50 min LHRBKK London – Bangkok 9,578 km5,951 mi · 11 h 15 min SGNHAN Ho Chi Minh City – Hanoi 1,160 km721 mi · 2 h 20 min

Routes of a similar length

ORDDCA Chicago – Washington 983 km611 mi · 2 h 05 min CGKDPS Jakarta – Bali (Denpasar) 983 km611 mi · 2 h 10 min DENLAS Denver – Las Vegas 1,009 km627 mi · 2 h 20 min SINHKT Singapore – Phuket 980 km609 mi · 2 h 10 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).