--- title: "Tokyo to Naha (HND → OKA): distance and flight time · Orbit" description: "Tokyo to Naha is 1,555 km (966 mi) great circle, an estimated 2h 26m 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-oka --- HND → OKA # Tokyo to Naha: distance, flight time and the route it really takes Tokyo Haneda to Naha is 1,555 km of great circle — 966 mi — and an estimated 2h 26m in the air. Both ends are in Asia. **Great circle** 1,555 km 966 mi **Estimated in the air** 2h 26m block time **Furthest from equator** 35.5°N at 0% along **One lap of Earth** 3.9% of 40,075 km Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 218th longest. The Tokyo to Naha route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe ## What the aircraft actually flies over From Tokyo the path crosses Japan, then 1,400 km of open water. 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 south-west (231°); it arrives into Naha heading south-west (225°). That is 6° 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 231 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming. [HND–OKA carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=HND&to=OKA) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=HND-OKA) 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 OKA ## Naha Naha, Japan · Asia 26.2°N, 127.6°E [OKA airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/oka) ## Tokyo to Naha, asked and answered **How far is Tokyo to Naha?** Tokyo to Naha (HND to OKA) is 1,555 km, or 966 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports. **How long is the flight from Tokyo to Naha?** About 2h 26m 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 Naha flight take?** The great circle passes over Japan, then 1,400 km of open water. 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. [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 → PVG Tokyo to Shanghai 1,738 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/hnd-to-pvg) [HND → ICN Tokyo to Seoul 1,210 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/hnd-to-icn) [HND → TPE Tokyo to Taipei 2,122 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/hnd-to-tpe) [HND → CTS Tokyo to Sapporo 820 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/hnd-to-cts) [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-oka for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt