- Great circle
- 4,590 km
- 2,852 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 6h 12m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 35.5°N
- at 0% along
- One lap of Earth
- 11.5%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 138th longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Tokyo the path crosses Japan, then 1,113 km of open water, then China, then 448 km of open water, then Laos, then Thailand.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 35.5°N, 0% of the way along.
Holding a single compass bearing the whole way would cover almost exactly the same ground, so on this route the flat map and the globe agree.
Leaving Tokyo the aircraft points west (248°); it arrives into Bangkok heading south-west (231°). That is 17° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.
Tokyo to Bangkok, asked and answered
- How far is Tokyo to Bangkok?
- Tokyo to Bangkok (HND to BKK) is 4,590 km, or 2,852 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Tokyo to Bangkok?
- About 6h 12m 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 Tokyo to Bangkok flight take?
- The great circle passes over Japan, then 1,113 km of open water, then China, then 448 km of open water, then Laos, then Thailand. It reaches 35.5°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.
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