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HND Tokyo ⇄ CTS Sapporo

Tokyo Haneda International Airport (Japan) and New Chitose Airport (Japan): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance820 km509 mi443 nautical miles
HND → CTS2 hestimated block time
CTS → HND2 hestimated block time
Clock change±0 hSapporo vs Tokyo, today
Great-circle route from Tokyo (HND) to Sapporo (CTS)HNDTokyoCTSSapporo
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

HND → CTS

2 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 11° (N).

Leave Tokyo Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Sapporo Sat 7 Nov, 12:00 local.

CTS → HND

2 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 192° (SSW).

Leave Sapporo Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Tokyo Sat 7 Nov, 12:00 local.

The two directions differ by 2 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance820 km · 509 mi · 443 nmi
Initial heading11° (N) from HND; 192° (SSW) from CTS
Farthest from the equator42.8°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

HNDAsia/Tokyo — UTC+9 now; UTC+9 all year (no daylight saving time)
CTSAsia/Tokyo — UTC+9 now; UTC+9 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceSapporo is on the same clock as Tokyo today.

Jet lag, flying HND → CTS. 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

HND Tokyo Haneda International AirportTokyo, Japan · longest runway 11,024 ft3,360 m CTS New Chitose AirportSapporo, Japan · longest runway 9,843 ft3,000 m

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Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).