New York to Tokyo (JFK–HND): distance and flight time

Flight time each way

JFK → HND

13 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 333° (NNW).

Leave New York Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Tokyo Sun 8 Nov, 13:55 local +1 day.

HND → JFK

12 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 25° (NNE).

Leave Tokyo Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive New York Sat 7 Nov, 08:55 local.

HND-bound flights are the slower direction by about 60 minutes in our estimate: the route runs partly 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 distance	10,875 km · 6,758 mi · 5,872 nmi
Initial heading	333° (NNW) from JFK; 25° (NNE) from HND
Farthest from the equator	69.8°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crosses	the 180th meridian (International Date Line area)
Share of the longest possible trip	54% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

JFK	America/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
HND	Asia/Tokyo — UTC+9 now; UTC+9 all year (no daylight saving time)
Difference	Tokyo is 13 hours ahead of New York today; +14 h in January and +13 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying JFK → HND. The clock change is 13 hours, but to your body that is a shift of 11 hours the other way. Your body clock has to move 11 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 11 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

JFK John F. Kennedy International AirportNew York, United States · longest runway 14,511 ft4,423 m

HND Tokyo Haneda International AirportTokyo, Japan · longest runway 11,024 ft3,360 m

Same cities, other airports

JFKNRT New York – Tokyo 10,830 km6,729 mi · 13 h 50 min

More routes from JFK and HND

JFKBOS New York – Boston 300 km186 mi · 1 h 20 min JFKDEN New York – Denver 2,610 km1,622 mi · 4 h 20 min JFKLHR New York – London 5,540 km3,442 mi · 6 h 50 min JFKMUC New York – Munich 6,481 km4,027 mi · 7 h 50 min DOHJFK Doha – New York 10,770 km6,692 mi · 14 h 15 min SINJFK Singapore – New York 15,341 km9,532 mi · 18 h 30 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 FRAHND Frankfurt – Tokyo 9,363 km5,818 mi · 11 h 15 min DFWHND Dallas–Fort Worth – Tokyo 10,378 km6,448 mi · 13 h 50 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRSIN London – Singapore 10,883 km6,762 mi · 12 h 40 min LAXTPE Los Angeles – Taipei 10,922 km6,787 mi · 14 h 40 min DFWICN Dallas–Fort Worth – Seoul 10,987 km6,827 mi · 14 h 20 min LAXIST Los Angeles – Istanbul 11,002 km6,836 mi · 13 h 05 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).

JFK New York ⇄ HND Tokyo