Dallas–Fort Worth to Tokyo (DFW–HND): distance and flight time

Flight time each way

DFW → HND

13 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 317° (NW).

Leave Dallas–Fort Worth Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Tokyo Sun 8 Nov, 14:50 local +1 day.

HND → DFW

12 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 45° (NE).

Leave Tokyo Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Dallas–Fort Worth Sat 7 Nov, 07:00 local.

HND-bound flights are the slower direction by about 115 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance	10,378 km · 6,448 mi · 5,603 nmi
Initial heading	317° (NW) from DFW; 45° (NE) from HND
Farthest from the equator	55.1°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crosses	the 180th meridian (International Date Line area)
Share of the longest possible trip	52% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

DFW	America/Chicago — UTC−5 now; UTC−6 standard time, UTC−5 during daylight saving time
HND	Asia/Tokyo — UTC+9 now; UTC+9 all year (no daylight saving time)
Difference	Tokyo is 14 hours ahead of Dallas–Fort Worth today; +15 h in January and +14 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying DFW → HND. The clock change is 14 hours, but to your body that is a shift of 10 hours the other way. Your body clock has to move 10 hours later, like a westward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 10 days to fully adjust. Shifting later (as here) is usually the easier direction; evening daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

DFW Dallas Fort Worth International AirportDallas–Fort Worth, United States · longest runway 13,401 ft4,085 m

HND Tokyo Haneda International AirportTokyo, Japan · longest runway 11,024 ft3,360 m

More routes from DFW and HND

DFWIAH Dallas–Fort Worth – Houston 362 km225 mi · 1 h 25 min DFWORD Dallas–Fort Worth – Chicago 1,291 km802 mi · 2 h 25 min DFWLAS Dallas–Fort Worth – Las Vegas 1,695 km1,053 mi · 3 h 10 min LGADFW New York – Dallas–Fort Worth 2,231 km1,387 mi · 3 h 50 min DFWFRA Dallas–Fort Worth – Frankfurt 8,258 km5,131 mi · 9 h 50 min DFWMEL Dallas–Fort Worth – Melbourne 14,475 km8,995 mi · 18 h 15 min HNDITM Tokyo – Osaka 404 km251 mi · 1 h 35 min HNDOKA Tokyo – Okinawa (Naha) 1,555 km966 mi · 2 h 55 min HNLHND Honolulu – Tokyo 6,191 km3,847 mi · 8 h 45 min MELHND Melbourne – Tokyo 8,158 km5,069 mi · 10 h 20 min FRAHND Frankfurt – Tokyo 9,363 km5,818 mi · 11 h 15 min JFKHND New York – Tokyo 10,875 km6,758 mi · 13 h 55 min

Routes of a similar length

SFOTPE San Francisco – Taipei 10,391 km6,457 mi · 14 h LAXPVG Los Angeles – Shanghai 10,415 km6,472 mi · 14 h SYDDEL Sydney – Delhi 10,435 km6,484 mi · 13 h 20 min AKLEZE Auckland – Buenos Aires 10,312 km6,408 mi · 12 h

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).

DFW Dallas–Fort Worth ⇄ HND Tokyo