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ICN Seoul ⇄ KIX Osaka

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

Distance860 km535 mi465 nautical miles
ICN → KIX1 h 55 minestimated block time
KIX → ICN2 h 10 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hOsaka vs Seoul, today
Great-circle route from Seoul (ICN) to Osaka (KIX)ICNSeoulKIXOsaka
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 → KIX

1 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 111° (ESE).

Leave Seoul Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Osaka Sat 7 Nov, 11:55 local.

KIX → ICN

2 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 296° (WNW).

Leave Osaka Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Seoul Sat 7 Nov, 12:10 local.

The two directions differ by 11 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance860 km · 535 mi · 465 nmi
Initial heading111° (ESE) from ICN; 296° (WNW) from KIX
Farthest from the equator37.5°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip4% 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)
KIXAsia/Tokyo — UTC+9 now; UTC+9 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceOsaka is on the same clock as Seoul today.

Jet lag, flying ICN → KIX. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

ICN Incheon International AirportSeoul, South Korea · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m KIX Kansai International AirportOsaka, Japan · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m

More routes from ICN and KIX

ICNNRT Seoul – Tokyo 1,257 km781 mi · 2 h 20 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

Routes of a similar length

CDGBCN Paris – Barcelona 858 km533 mi · 2 h MIACUN Miami – Cancún 855 km531 mi · 2 h 05 min BSBGRU Brasília – São Paulo 854 km531 mi · 2 h JEDRUH Jeddah – Riyadh 852 km529 mi · 2 h

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Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).