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HEL Helsinki ⇄ SIN Singapore

Helsinki Vantaa Airport (Finland) and Singapore Changi Airport (Singapore): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance9,275 km5,763 mi5,008 nautical miles
HEL → SIN11 h 05 minestimated block time
SIN → HEL12 h 05 minestimated block time
Clock change+6 hSingapore vs Helsinki, today
Great-circle route from Helsinki (HEL) to Singapore (SIN)HELHelsinkiSINSingapore
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

HEL → SIN

11 h 05 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 99° (E).

Leave Helsinki Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Singapore Sun 8 Nov, 03:05 local +1 day.

SIN → HEL

12 h 05 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 331° (NNW).

Leave Singapore Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Helsinki Sat 7 Nov, 16:05 local.

HEL-bound flights are the slower direction by about 60 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 distance9,275 km · 5,763 mi · 5,008 nmi
Initial heading99° (E) from HEL; 331° (NNW) from SIN
Farthest from the equator60.3°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip46% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

HELEurope/Helsinki — UTC+2 now; UTC+2 standard time, UTC+3 during daylight saving time
SINAsia/Singapore — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceSingapore is 6 hours ahead of Helsinki today; +6 h in January and +5 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying HEL → SIN. Your body clock has to move 6 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 6 days to fully adjust. Shifting earlier (as here) is usually the harder direction; morning daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

HEL Helsinki Vantaa AirportHelsinki, Finland · longest runway 11,483 ft3,500 m SIN Singapore Changi AirportSingapore, Singapore · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m

More routes from HEL and SIN

HELARN Helsinki – Stockholm 398 km247 mi · 1 h 30 min LHRHEL London – Helsinki 1,848 km1,148 mi · 3 h HELHND Helsinki – Tokyo 7,825 km4,862 mi · 9 h 35 min SINKUL Singapore – Kuala Lumpur 297 km185 mi · 1 h 25 min SINDPS Singapore – Bali (Denpasar) 1,672 km1,039 mi · 2 h 55 min SINBOM Singapore – Mumbai 3,922 km2,437 mi · 5 h 35 min SYDSIN Sydney – Singapore 6,293 km3,911 mi · 8 h 30 min LHRSIN London – Singapore 10,883 km6,762 mi · 12 h 40 min SINJFK Singapore – New York 15,341 km9,532 mi · 18 h 30 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRPVG London – Shanghai 9,241 km5,742 mi · 11 h LAXFRA Los Angeles – Frankfurt 9,322 km5,792 mi · 11 h 05 min MEXCDG Mexico City – Paris 9,199 km5,716 mi · 10 h 45 min FRAHND Frankfurt – Tokyo 9,363 km5,818 mi · 11 h 15 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).