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HNL Honolulu ⇄ ANC Anchorage

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

Distance4,475 km2,781 mi2,416 nautical miles
HNL → ANC6 h 05 minestimated block time
ANC → HNL6 h 10 minestimated block time
Clock change+2 hAnchorage vs Honolulu, today
Great-circle route from Honolulu (HNL) to Anchorage (ANC)HNLHonoluluANCAnchorage
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 → ANC

6 h 05 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 6° (N).

Leave Honolulu Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Anchorage Sat 7 Nov, 17:05 local.

ANC → HNL

6 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 191° (SSW).

Leave Anchorage Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Honolulu Sat 7 Nov, 15:10 local.

The two directions differ by 7 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 distance4,475 km · 2,781 mi · 2,416 nmi
Initial heading6° (N) from HNL; 191° (SSW) from ANC
Farthest from the equator61.2°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip22% 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)
ANCAmerica/Anchorage — UTC−8 now; UTC−9 standard time, UTC−8 during daylight saving time
DifferenceAnchorage is 2 hours ahead of Honolulu today; +1 h in January and +2 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying HNL → ANC. Your body clock has to move 2 hours earlier, like an eastward 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 ANC Ted Stevens Anchorage International AirportAnchorage, United States · longest runway 12,400 ft3,780 m

More routes from HNL and ANC

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 HNLHND Honolulu – Tokyo 6,191 km3,847 mi · 8 h 45 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 SEAANC Seattle – Anchorage 2,326 km1,445 mi · 3 h 50 min

Routes of a similar length

BNEDPS Brisbane – Bali (Denpasar) 4,488 km2,789 mi · 6 h 20 min ISTDEL Istanbul – Delhi 4,567 km2,838 mi · 5 h 45 min MELDPS Melbourne – Bali (Denpasar) 4,381 km2,722 mi · 6 h 15 min SFOBOS San Francisco – Boston 4,341 km2,697 mi · 5 h 30 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).