--- title: "Tokyo to Sapporo (HND → CTS): distance and flight time · Orbit" description: "Tokyo to Sapporo is 820 km (509 mi) great circle, an estimated 1h 31m 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/hnd-to-cts --- HND → CTS # Tokyo to Sapporo: distance, flight time and the route it really takes Tokyo Haneda to New Chitose is 820 km of great circle — 509 mi — and an estimated 1h 31m in the air. Both ends are in Asia. **Great circle** 820 km 509 mi **Estimated in the air** 1h 31m block time **Furthest from equator** 42.8°N at 100% along **One lap of Earth** 2.0% of 40,075 km Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 262nd longest. The Tokyo to Sapporo route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe ## What the aircraft actually flies over From Tokyo the path crosses Japan, then 148 km of open water. The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 42.8°N, 100% 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. The heading barely moves: north out of Tokyo, north into Sapporo. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass. One economy seat on it is about 122 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming. [HND–CTS carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=HND&to=CTS) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=HND-CTS) From 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) To CTS ## New Chitose Sapporo, Japan · Asia 42.8°N, 141.7°E [CTS airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/cts) ## Tokyo to Sapporo, asked and answered **How far is Tokyo to Sapporo?** Tokyo to Sapporo (HND to CTS) is 820 km, or 509 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports. **How long is the flight from Tokyo to Sapporo?** About 1h 31m 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 Sapporo flight take?** The great circle passes over Japan, then 148 km of open water. It reaches 42.8°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? Orbit logs it in two taps and draws the arc on your own globe, along with every other flight you can remember. Free for your first 15. [Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit) ## Nearby routes [HND → ICN Tokyo to Seoul 1,210 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/hnd-to-icn) [HND → OKA Tokyo to Naha 1,555 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/hnd-to-oka) [HND → PVG Tokyo to Shanghai 1,738 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/hnd-to-pvg) [HND → TPE Tokyo to Taipei 2,122 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/hnd-to-tpe) [HND → BKK Tokyo to Bangkok 4,590 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/hnd-to-bkk) [HND → SIN Tokyo to Singapore 5,300 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/hnd-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) --- Markdown copy of https://orbitflights.app/routes/hnd-to-cts for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt