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ICN Seoul ⇄ TPE Taipei

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

Distance1,464 km909 mi790 nautical miles
ICN → TPE2 h 45 minestimated block time
TPE → ICN2 h 40 minestimated block time
Clock change−1 hTaipei vs Seoul, today
Great-circle route from Seoul (ICN) to Taipei (TPE)ICNSeoulTPETaipei
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 → TPE

2 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 201° (SSW).

Leave Seoul Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Taipei Sat 7 Nov, 11:45 local.

TPE → ICN

2 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 18° (NNE).

Leave Taipei Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Seoul Sat 7 Nov, 13:40 local.

The two directions differ by 6 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 distance1,464 km · 909 mi · 790 nmi
Initial heading201° (SSW) from ICN; 18° (NNE) from TPE
Farthest from the equator37.5°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip7% 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)
TPEAsia/Taipei — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceTaipei is 1 hour behind Seoul today.

Jet lag, flying ICN → TPE. 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 TPE Taiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaipei, Taiwan · longest runway 12,008 ft3,660 m

More routes from ICN and TPE

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 TPEHND Taipei – Tokyo 2,122 km1,319 mi · 3 h 20 min TPENRT Taipei – Tokyo 2,181 km1,355 mi · 3 h 20 min SFOTPE San Francisco – Taipei 10,391 km6,457 mi · 14 h LAXTPE Los Angeles – Taipei 10,922 km6,787 mi · 14 h 40 min JFKTPE New York – Taipei 12,545 km7,795 mi · 15 h 35 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRARN London – Stockholm 1,463 km909 mi · 2 h 40 min AMSMAD Amsterdam – Madrid 1,459 km906 mi · 2 h 45 min LHRWAW London – Warsaw 1,469 km913 mi · 2 h 35 min CDGLIS Paris – Lisbon 1,470 km913 mi · 2 h 50 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).