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HNL Honolulu ⇄ HND Tokyo

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

Distance6,191 km3,847 mi3,343 nautical miles
HNL → HND8 h 45 minestimated block time
HND → HNL7 h 30 minestimated block time
Clock change+19 hTokyo vs Honolulu, today
Great-circle route from Honolulu (HNL) to Tokyo (HND)HNLHonoluluHNDTokyo
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 → HND

8 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 299° (WNW).

Leave Honolulu Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Tokyo Sun 8 Nov, 13:45 local +1 day.

HND → HNL

7 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 87° (E).

Leave Tokyo Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Honolulu Fri 6 Nov, 22:30 local -1 day.

HND-bound flights are the slower direction by about 70 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 distance6,191 km · 3,847 mi · 3,343 nmi
Initial heading299° (WNW) from HNL; 87° (E) from HND
Farthest from the equator35.7°N
Crossesthe 180th meridian (International Date Line area)
Share of the longest possible trip31% 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)
HNDAsia/Tokyo — UTC+9 now; UTC+9 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceTokyo is 19 hours ahead of Honolulu today.

Jet lag, flying HNL → HND. The clock change is 19 hours, but to your body that is a shift of 5 hours the other way. Your body clock has to move 5 hours later, like a westward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 5 days to fully adjust. Shifting later (as here) is usually the easier direction; evening daylight at the destination helps. 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 HND Tokyo Haneda International AirportTokyo, Japan · longest runway 11,024 ft3,360 m

Same cities, other airports

HNLNRT Honolulu – Tokyo 6,136 km3,813 mi · 8 h 40 min

More routes from HNL and HND

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 HNDITM Tokyo – Osaka 404 km251 mi · 1 h 35 min HNDOKA Tokyo – Okinawa (Naha) 1,555 km966 mi · 2 h 55 min YVRHND Vancouver – Tokyo 7,558 km4,697 mi · 10 h 25 min SFOHND San Francisco – Tokyo 8,286 km5,148 mi · 11 h 30 min LHRHND London – Tokyo 9,592 km5,960 mi · 11 h 35 min JFKHND New York – Tokyo 10,875 km6,758 mi · 13 h 55 min

Routes of a similar length

JFKFRA New York – Frankfurt 6,189 km3,846 mi · 7 h 35 min JFKCPH New York – Copenhagen 6,189 km3,846 mi · 7 h 40 min IADCDG Washington – Paris 6,198 km3,851 mi · 7 h 30 min EWRFRA Newark – Frankfurt 6,211 km3,859 mi · 7 h 35 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).