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ICN Seoul ⇄ HKG Hong Kong

Incheon International Airport (South Korea) and Hong Kong International Airport (Hong Kong): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance2,069 km1,286 mi1,117 nautical miles
ICN → HKG3 h 30 minestimated block time
HKG → ICN3 h 20 minestimated block time
Clock change−1 hHong Kong vs Seoul, today
Great-circle route from Seoul (ICN) to Hong Kong (HKG)ICNSeoulHKGHong Kong
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

ICN → HKG

3 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 219° (SW).

Leave Seoul Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Hong Kong Sat 7 Nov, 12:30 local.

HKG → ICN

3 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 33° (NNE).

Leave Hong Kong Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Seoul Sat 7 Nov, 14:20 local.

The two directions differ by 14 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance2,069 km · 1,286 mi · 1,117 nmi
Initial heading219° (SW) from ICN; 33° (NNE) from HKG
Farthest from the equator37.5°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip10% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

ICNAsia/Seoul — UTC+9 now; UTC+9 all year (no daylight saving time)
HKGAsia/Hong_Kong — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceHong Kong is 1 hour behind Seoul today.

Jet lag, flying ICN → HKG. 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

ICN Incheon International AirportSeoul, South Korea · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m HKG Hong Kong International AirportHong Kong, Hong Kong · longest runway 12,467 ft3,800 m

More routes from ICN and HKG

ICNKIX Seoul – Osaka 860 km535 mi · 1 h 55 min ICNBKK Seoul – Bangkok 3,669 km2,280 mi · 5 h 25 min SYDICN Sydney – Seoul 8,343 km5,184 mi · 10 h 40 min LHRICN London – Seoul 8,861 km5,506 mi · 10 h 40 min ORDICN Chicago – Seoul 10,519 km6,536 mi · 13 h 30 min ATLICN Atlanta – Seoul 11,487 km7,138 mi · 14 h 40 min HKGTPE Hong Kong – Taipei 806 km501 mi · 1 h 55 min HKGBKK Hong Kong – Bangkok 1,690 km1,050 mi · 3 h HKGNRT Hong Kong – Tokyo 2,962 km1,841 mi · 4 h 10 min CDGHKG Paris – Hong Kong 9,590 km5,959 mi · 11 h 10 min SFOHKG San Francisco – Hong Kong 11,128 km6,915 mi · 14 h 50 min JFKHKG New York – Hong Kong 12,970 km8,059 mi · 15 h 55 min

Routes of a similar length

PEKKMG Beijing – Kunming 2,094 km1,301 mi · 3 h 35 min LHRCMN London – Casablanca 2,094 km1,301 mi · 3 h 30 min CDGATH Paris – Athens 2,108 km1,310 mi · 3 h 15 min TPEHND Taipei – Tokyo 2,122 km1,319 mi · 3 h 20 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).