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CGK Jakarta ⇄ KNO Medan

Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (Indonesia) and Kualanamu International Airport (Indonesia): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,388 km862 mi749 nautical miles
CGK → KNO2 h 40 minestimated block time
KNO → CGK2 h 35 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hMedan vs Jakarta, today
Great-circle route from Jakarta (CGK) to Medan (KNO)CGKJakartaKNOMedan
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

CGK → KNO

2 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 321° (NW).

Leave Jakarta Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Medan Sat 7 Nov, 12:40 local.

KNO → CGK

2 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 141° (SE).

Leave Medan Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Jakarta Sat 7 Nov, 12:35 local.

The two directions differ by 1 minute in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,388 km · 862 mi · 749 nmi
Initial heading321° (NW) from CGK; 141° (SE) from KNO
Farthest from the equator6.1°S
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip7% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

CGKAsia/Jakarta — UTC+7 now; UTC+7 all year (no daylight saving time)
KNOAsia/Jakarta — UTC+7 now; UTC+7 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceMedan is on the same clock as Jakarta today.

Jet lag, flying CGK → KNO. 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

CGK Soekarno-Hatta International AirportJakarta, Indonesia · longest runway 12,008 ft3,660 m KNO Kualanamu International AirportMedan, Indonesia · longest runway 12,303 ft3,750 m

More routes from CGK and KNO

CGKSUB Jakarta – Surabaya 691 km429 mi · 1 h 50 min SINCGK Singapore – Jakarta 882 km548 mi · 2 h 05 min CGKDPS Jakarta – Bali (Denpasar) 983 km611 mi · 2 h 10 min KULCGK Kuala Lumpur – Jakarta 1,129 km702 mi · 2 h 20 min

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).