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IST Istanbul ⇄ HND Tokyo

İstanbul Airport (Turkey) and Tokyo Haneda International Airport (Japan): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance8,959 km5,567 mi4,837 nautical miles
IST → HND10 h 25 minestimated block time
HND → IST12 h 10 minestimated block time
Clock change+6 hTokyo vs Istanbul, today
Great-circle route from Istanbul (IST) to Tokyo (HND)ISTIstanbulHNDTokyo
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

IST → HND

10 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 50° (NE).

Leave Istanbul Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Tokyo Sun 8 Nov, 02:25 local +1 day.

HND → IST

12 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 315° (NW).

Leave Tokyo Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Istanbul Sat 7 Nov, 16:10 local.

IST-bound flights are the slower direction by about 100 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 distance8,959 km · 5,567 mi · 4,837 nmi
Initial heading50° (NE) from IST; 315° (NW) from HND
Farthest from the equator54.7°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip45% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

ISTEurope/Istanbul — UTC+3 now; UTC+3 all year (no daylight saving time)
HNDAsia/Tokyo — UTC+9 now; UTC+9 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceTokyo is 6 hours ahead of Istanbul today.

Jet lag, flying IST → HND. Your body clock has to move 6 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 6 days to fully adjust. Shifting earlier (as here) is usually the harder direction; morning daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

IST İstanbul AirportIstanbul, Turkey · longest runway 13,451 ft4,100 m HND Tokyo Haneda International AirportTokyo, Japan · longest runway 11,024 ft3,360 m

More routes from IST and HND

ISTADB Istanbul – Izmir 358 km222 mi · 1 h 30 min ATHIST Athens – Istanbul 553 km344 mi · 1 h 40 min FRAIST Frankfurt – Istanbul 1,837 km1,141 mi · 3 h DXBIST Dubai – Istanbul 3,030 km1,883 mi · 4 h 45 min ISTBKK Istanbul – Bangkok 7,514 km4,669 mi · 9 h LAXIST Los Angeles – Istanbul 11,002 km6,836 mi · 13 h 05 min HNDITM Tokyo – Osaka 404 km251 mi · 1 h 35 min HNDOKA Tokyo – Okinawa (Naha) 1,555 km966 mi · 2 h 55 min HNLHND Honolulu – Tokyo 6,191 km3,847 mi · 8 h 45 min MELHND Melbourne – Tokyo 8,158 km5,069 mi · 10 h 20 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

LAXAMS Los Angeles – Amsterdam 8,956 km5,565 mi · 10 h 45 min SFOCDG San Francisco – Paris 8,963 km5,569 mi · 10 h 45 min CDGICN Paris – Seoul 8,927 km5,547 mi · 10 h 40 min FRABKK Frankfurt – Bangkok 9,000 km5,593 mi · 10 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).