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HKG Hong Kong ⇄ TPE Taipei

Hong Kong International Airport (Hong Kong) and Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (Taiwan): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance806 km501 mi435 nautical miles
HKG → TPE1 h 55 minestimated block time
TPE → HKG2 hestimated block time
Clock change±0 hTaipei vs Hong Kong, today
Great-circle route from Hong Kong (HKG) to Taipei (TPE)HKGHong KongTPETaipei
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

HKG → TPE

1 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 66° (ENE).

Leave Hong Kong Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Taipei Sat 7 Nov, 11:55 local.

TPE → HKG

2 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 249° (WSW).

Leave Taipei Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Hong Kong Sat 7 Nov, 12:00 local.

The two directions differ by 6 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance806 km · 501 mi · 435 nmi
Initial heading66° (ENE) from HKG; 249° (WSW) from TPE
Farthest from the equator25.1°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip4% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

HKGAsia/Hong_Kong — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
TPEAsia/Taipei — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceTaipei is on the same clock as Hong Kong today.

Jet lag, flying HKG → TPE. 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

HKG Hong Kong International AirportHong Kong, Hong Kong · longest runway 12,467 ft3,800 m TPE Taiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaipei, Taiwan · longest runway 12,008 ft3,660 m

More routes from HKG and TPE

HKGMNL Hong Kong – Manila 1,146 km712 mi · 2 h 20 min PEKHKG Beijing – Hong Kong 1,992 km1,237 mi · 3 h 20 min HKGNRT Hong Kong – Tokyo 2,962 km1,841 mi · 4 h 10 min CDGHKG Paris – Hong Kong 9,590 km5,959 mi · 11 h 10 min SFOHKG San Francisco – Hong Kong 11,128 km6,915 mi · 14 h 50 min JFKHKG New York – Hong Kong 12,970 km8,059 mi · 15 h 55 min ICNTPE Seoul – Taipei 1,464 km909 mi · 2 h 45 min TPEHND Taipei – Tokyo 2,122 km1,319 mi · 3 h 20 min TPENRT Taipei – Tokyo 2,181 km1,355 mi · 3 h 20 min SFOTPE San Francisco – Taipei 10,391 km6,457 mi · 14 h LAXTPE Los Angeles – Taipei 10,922 km6,787 mi · 14 h 40 min JFKTPE New York – Taipei 12,545 km7,795 mi · 15 h 35 min

Routes of a similar length

DELKTM Delhi – Kathmandu 816 km507 mi · 1 h 55 min HNDCTS Tokyo – Sapporo 820 km509 mi · 2 h LHRZRH London – Zurich 788 km490 mi · 1 h 55 min BOMBLR Mumbai – Bengaluru 834 km518 mi · 2 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).