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title: "Rome to Tokyo (FCO → HND): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Rome to Tokyo is 9,892 km (6,147 mi) great circle, an estimated 12h 48m in the air. The route, what it flies over, and why the short way is not the straight line on a map."
url: https://orbitflights.app/routes/fco-to-hnd
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FCO → HND

# Rome to Tokyo: distance, flight time and the route it really takes

Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci to Tokyo Haneda is 9,892 km of great circle — 6,147 mi — and an estimated 12h 48m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Asia.

**Great circle**
9,892 km
6,147 mi

**Estimated in the air**
12h 48m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
61.2°N
at 46% along

**One lap of Earth**
24.7%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 42nd longest.

The Rome to Tokyo route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Rome the path crosses Italy, then Croatia, then Hungary, then Ukraine, then Belarus, then Russia, then China, then 816 km of open water, then Japan.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 61.2°N, 46% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 11,080 km. That is 1,188 km further, about 12% more, and roughly 1h 29m of extra flying.

Leaving Rome the aircraft points north-east (40°); it arrives into Tokyo heading south-east (144°). That is 104° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.

One economy seat on it is about 1.40 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

[FCO–HND carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=FCO&to=HND) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=FCO-HND)

From

FCO

## Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci

Rome, Italy · Europe

41.8°N, 12.3°E

[FCO airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/fco) [Flights to Rome →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/rome)

To

HND

## Tokyo Haneda

Tokyo, Japan · Asia

35.5°N, 139.8°E

[HND airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/hnd) [Flights to Tokyo →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/tokyo)

## Rome to Tokyo, asked and answered

**How far is Rome to Tokyo?**
Rome to Tokyo (FCO to HND) is 9,892 km, or 6,147 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Rome to Tokyo?**
About 12h 48m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing.

**What route does a Rome to Tokyo flight take?**
The great circle passes over Italy, then Croatia, then Hungary, then Ukraine, then Belarus, then Russia, then China, then 816 km of open water, then Japan. It reaches 61.2°N at its furthest from the equator.

## Where these numbers come from

Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules.

[Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained)

## Flown this one?

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## Nearby routes

[CDG → HND Paris to Tokyo 9,708 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-hnd) [LHR → HND London to Tokyo 9,592 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-hnd) [LAX → HND Los Angeles to Tokyo 8,812 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-hnd) [SFO → HND San Francisco to Tokyo 8,285 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/sfo-to-hnd) [SYD → HND Sydney to Tokyo 7,818 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-hnd) [SEA → HND Seattle to Tokyo 7,711 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/sea-to-hnd)

## Further reading

[How many miles do you have to fly around the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/how-many-miles-to-fly-around-the-world) [What is on the exact opposite side of the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/opposite-side-of-the-world) [What's actually worth counting in a flight log](https://orbitflights.app/blog/what-is-worth-counting-in-a-flight-log)

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