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SHA Shanghai ⇄ HND Tokyo

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

Distance1,777 km1,104 mi960 nautical miles
SHA → HND2 h 55 minestimated block time
HND → SHA3 h 15 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 hTokyo vs Shanghai, today
Great-circle route from Shanghai (SHA) to Tokyo (HND)SHAShanghaiHNDTokyo
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

SHA → HND

2 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 69° (ENE).

Leave Shanghai Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Tokyo Sat 7 Nov, 13:55 local.

HND → SHA

3 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 259° (W).

Leave Tokyo Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Shanghai Sat 7 Nov, 12:15 local.

SHA-bound flights are the slower direction by about 25 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 distance1,777 km · 1,104 mi · 960 nmi
Initial heading69° (ENE) from SHA; 259° (W) from HND
Farthest from the equator35.5°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip9% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

SHAAsia/Shanghai — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
HNDAsia/Tokyo — UTC+9 now; UTC+9 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceTokyo is 1 hour ahead of Shanghai today.

Jet lag, flying SHA → HND. Your body clock has to move 1 hour earlier, like an eastward 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

SHA Shanghai Hongqiao International AirportShanghai, China · longest runway 11,154 ft3,400 m HND Tokyo Haneda International AirportTokyo, Japan · longest runway 11,024 ft3,360 m

More routes from SHA and HND

PEKSHA Beijing – Shanghai 1,076 km668 mi · 2 h 15 min HNDITM Tokyo – Osaka 404 km251 mi · 1 h 35 min HNDOKA Tokyo – Okinawa (Naha) 1,555 km966 mi · 2 h 55 min YVRHND Vancouver – Tokyo 7,558 km4,697 mi · 10 h 25 min SFOHND San Francisco – Tokyo 8,286 km5,148 mi · 11 h 30 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

MADTFN Madrid – Tenerife 1,772 km1,101 mi · 3 h 10 min LGAMIA New York – Miami 1,768 km1,099 mi · 3 h 10 min MADLPA Madrid – Gran Canaria 1,766 km1,097 mi · 3 h 10 min PVGNRT Shanghai – Tokyo 1,796 km1,116 mi · 2 h 55 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).