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title: "Frankfurt to Hong Kong (FRA → HKG): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Frankfurt to Hong Kong is 9,154 km (5,688 mi) great circle, an estimated 11h 53m 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/fra-to-hkg
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FRA → HKG

# Frankfurt to Hong Kong: distance, flight time and the route it really takes

Frankfurt Main to Hong Kong is 9,154 km of great circle — 5,688 mi — and an estimated 11h 53m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Asia.

**Great circle**
9,154 km
5,688 mi

**Estimated in the air**
11h 53m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
54.7°N
at 24% along

**One lap of Earth**
22.8%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 58th longest.

The Frankfurt to Hong Kong route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Frankfurt the path crosses Germany, then Poland, then Belarus, then Russia, then Kazakhstan, then China.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 54.7°N, 24% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 9,762 km. That is 608 km further, about 7% more, and roughly 45m of extra flying.

Leaving Frankfurt the aircraft points north-east (64°); it arrives into Hong Kong heading south-east (141°). That is 77° 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 1.30 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

From

FRA

## Frankfurt Main

Frankfurt, Germany · Europe

50.0°N, 8.6°E

[FRA airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/fra) [Flights to Frankfurt →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/frankfurt)

To

HKG

## Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Hong Kong · Asia

22.3°N, 113.9°E

[HKG airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/hkg) [Flights to Hong Kong →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/hong-kong)

## Frankfurt to Hong Kong, asked and answered

**How far is Frankfurt to Hong Kong?**
Frankfurt to Hong Kong (FRA to HKG) is 9,154 km, or 5,688 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Frankfurt to Hong Kong?**
About 11h 53m 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 Frankfurt to Hong Kong flight take?**
The great circle passes over Germany, then Poland, then Belarus, then Russia, then Kazakhstan, then China. It reaches 54.7°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

[FRA → LAX Frankfurt to Los Angeles 9,322 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/fra-to-lax) [CDG → HKG Paris to Hong Kong 9,590 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-hkg) [FRA → JNB Frankfurt to Johannesburg 8,690 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/fra-to-jnb) [LHR → HKG London to Hong Kong 9,630 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-hkg) [YVR → HKG Vancouver to Hong Kong 10,269 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/yvr-to-hkg) [FRA → SIN Frankfurt to Singapore 10,280 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/fra-to-sin)

## 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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