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TPE Taipei ⇄ NRT Tokyo

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

Distance2,181 km1,355 mi1,178 nautical miles
TPE → NRT3 h 20 minestimated block time
NRT → TPE3 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 hTokyo vs Taipei, today
Great-circle route from Taipei (TPE) to Tokyo (NRT)TPETaipeiNRTTokyo
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

TPE → NRT

3 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 52° (NE).

Leave Taipei Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Tokyo Sat 7 Nov, 14:20 local.

NRT → TPE

3 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 242° (WSW).

Leave Tokyo Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Taipei Sat 7 Nov, 12:45 local.

TPE-bound flights are the slower direction by about 20 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 distance2,181 km · 1,355 mi · 1,178 nmi
Initial heading52° (NE) from TPE; 242° (WSW) from NRT
Farthest from the equator35.8°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip11% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

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

Jet lag, flying TPE → NRT. 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

TPE Taiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaipei, Taiwan · longest runway 12,008 ft3,660 m NRT Narita International AirportTokyo, Japan · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m

Same cities, other airports

TPEHND Taipei – Tokyo 2,122 km1,319 mi · 3 h 20 min

More routes from TPE and NRT

HKGTPE Hong Kong – Taipei 806 km501 mi · 1 h 55 min ICNTPE Seoul – Taipei 1,464 km909 mi · 2 h 45 min TPEHND Taipei – Tokyo 2,122 km1,319 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 ICNNRT Seoul – Tokyo 1,257 km781 mi · 2 h 20 min PVGNRT Shanghai – Tokyo 1,796 km1,116 mi · 2 h 55 min HNLNRT Honolulu – Tokyo 6,136 km3,813 mi · 8 h 40 min YVRNRT Vancouver – Tokyo 7,503 km4,662 mi · 10 h 20 min LAXNRT Los Angeles – Tokyo 8,753 km5,439 mi · 12 h 05 min JFKNRT New York – Tokyo 10,830 km6,729 mi · 13 h 50 min

Routes of a similar length

AMSATH Amsterdam – Athens 2,182 km1,356 mi · 3 h 20 min DXBDEL Dubai – Delhi 2,182 km1,356 mi · 3 h 20 min SYDAKL Sydney – Auckland 2,159 km1,342 mi · 3 h 15 min AKLNAN Auckland – Nadi (Fiji) 2,156 km1,340 mi · 3 h 30 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).