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BKK Bangkok ⇄ HKT Phuket

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

Distance674 km419 mi364 nautical miles
BKK → HKT1 h 50 minestimated block time
HKT → BKK1 h 50 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hPhuket vs Bangkok, today
Great-circle route from Bangkok (BKK) to Phuket (HKT)BKKBangkokHKTPhuket
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 → HKT

1 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 203° (SSW).

Leave Bangkok Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Phuket Sat 7 Nov, 11:50 local.

HKT → BKK

1 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 23° (NNE).

Leave Phuket Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Bangkok Sat 7 Nov, 11:50 local.

The two directions differ by 1 minute in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance674 km · 419 mi · 364 nmi
Initial heading203° (SSW) from BKK; 23° (NNE) from HKT
Farthest from the equator13.7°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip3% 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)
HKTAsia/Bangkok — UTC+7 now; UTC+7 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferencePhuket is on the same clock as Bangkok today.

Jet lag, flying BKK → HKT. 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 HKT Phuket International AirportPhuket, Thailand · longest runway 10,171 ft3,100 m

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Routes of a similar length

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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).