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HNL Honolulu ⇄ NRT Tokyo

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

Distance6,136 km3,813 mi3,313 nautical miles
HNL → NRT8 h 40 minestimated block time
NRT → HNL7 h 30 minestimated block time
Clock change+19 hTokyo vs Honolulu, today
Great-circle route from Honolulu (HNL) to Tokyo (NRT)HNLHonoluluNRTTokyo
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 → NRT

8 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 300° (WNW).

Leave Honolulu Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Tokyo Sun 8 Nov, 13:40 local +1 day.

NRT → 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.

NRT-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 distance6,136 km · 3,813 mi · 3,313 nmi
Initial heading300° (WNW) from HNL; 87° (E) from NRT
Farthest from the equator35.8°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)
NRTAsia/Tokyo — UTC+9 now; UTC+9 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceTokyo is 19 hours ahead of Honolulu today.

Jet lag, flying HNL → NRT. 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 NRT Narita International AirportTokyo, Japan · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m

Same cities, other airports

HNLHND Honolulu – Tokyo 6,191 km3,847 mi · 8 h 45 min

More routes from HNL and NRT

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 ICNNRT Seoul – Tokyo 1,257 km781 mi · 2 h 20 min PVGNRT Shanghai – Tokyo 1,796 km1,116 mi · 2 h 55 min HKGNRT Hong Kong – Tokyo 2,962 km1,841 mi · 4 h 10 min YVRNRT Vancouver – Tokyo 7,503 km4,662 mi · 10 h 20 min LAXNRT Los Angeles – Tokyo 8,753 km5,439 mi · 12 h 05 min JFKNRT New York – Tokyo 10,830 km6,729 mi · 13 h 50 min

Routes of a similar length

FRADEL Frankfurt – Delhi 6,122 km3,804 mi · 7 h 25 min JFKBCN New York – Barcelona 6,150 km3,822 mi · 7 h 25 min JFKCPH New York – Copenhagen 6,189 km3,846 mi · 7 h 40 min JFKFRA New York – Frankfurt 6,189 km3,846 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).