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HNL Honolulu ⇄ AKL Auckland

Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (United States) and Auckland International Airport (New Zealand): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance7,089 km4,405 mi3,828 nautical miles
HNL → AKL9 h 15 minestimated block time
AKL → HNL9 hestimated block time
Clock change+23 hAuckland vs Honolulu, today
Great-circle route from Honolulu (HNL) to Auckland (AKL)HNLHonoluluAKLAuckland
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

HNL → AKL

9 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 204° (SSW).

Leave Honolulu Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Auckland Sun 8 Nov, 18:15 local +1 day.

AKL → HNL

9 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 28° (NNE).

Leave Auckland Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Honolulu Fri 6 Nov, 20:00 local -1 day.

AKL-bound flights are the slower direction by about 15 minutes in our estimate: the route runs partly 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 distance7,089 km · 4,405 mi · 3,828 nmi
Initial heading204° (SSW) from HNL; 28° (NNE) from AKL
Farthest from the equator37.0°S
Crossesthe equator and the 180th meridian (International Date Line area)
Share of the longest possible trip35% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

HNLPacific/Honolulu — UTC−10 now; UTC−10 all year (no daylight saving time)
AKLPacific/Auckland — UTC+13 now; UTC+12 standard time, UTC+13 during daylight saving time
DifferenceAuckland is 23 hours ahead of Honolulu today; +23 h in January and +22 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying HNL → AKL. The clock change is 23 hours, but to your body that is a shift of 1 hour the other way. Your body clock has to move 1 hour later, like a westward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

HNL Daniel K. Inouye International AirportHonolulu, United States · longest runway 12,360 ft3,767 m AKL Auckland International AirportAuckland, New Zealand · longest runway 11,926 ft3,635 m

More routes from HNL and AKL

HNLOGG Honolulu – Maui (Kahului) 162 km101 mi · 1 h 15 min LAXHNL Los Angeles – Honolulu 4,108 km2,553 mi · 6 h 05 min YVRHNL Vancouver – Honolulu 4,354 km2,705 mi · 6 h 20 min HNLNRT Honolulu – Tokyo 6,136 km3,813 mi · 8 h 40 min HNLICN Honolulu – Seoul 7,353 km4,569 mi · 10 h 15 min HNLSYD Honolulu – Sydney 8,170 km5,077 mi · 10 h 35 min AKLWLG Auckland – Wellington 480 km298 mi · 1 h 35 min AKLNAN Auckland – Nadi (Fiji) 2,156 km1,340 mi · 3 h 30 min MELAKL Melbourne – Auckland 2,637 km1,639 mi · 3 h 45 min AKLEZE Auckland – Buenos Aires 10,312 km6,408 mi · 12 h DXBAKL Dubai – Auckland 14,199 km8,823 mi · 16 h 30 min DOHAKL Doha – Auckland 14,534 km9,031 mi · 16 h 50 min

Routes of a similar length

MIAMAD Miami – Madrid 7,106 km4,415 mi · 8 h 25 min MIALHR Miami – London 7,109 km4,417 mi · 8 h 30 min ATLAMS Atlanta – Amsterdam 7,066 km4,390 mi · 8 h 30 min MIAEZE Miami – Buenos Aires 7,119 km4,424 mi · 9 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).