- Great circle
- 6,191 km
- 3,847 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 8h 12m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 35.7°N
- at 92% along
- One lap of Earth
- 15.4%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 107th longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Honolulu the path crosses 5,913 km of open water.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 35.7°N, 92% of the way along.
Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 6,269 km. That is 78 km further, about 1% more, and roughly 6m of extra flying.
Leaving Honolulu the aircraft points north-west (299°); it arrives into Tokyo heading west (267°). That is 32° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.
HNL
Daniel K. Inouye
Honolulu, United States · Oceania
21.3°N, 157.9°W
Honolulu to Tokyo, asked and answered
- How far is Honolulu to Tokyo?
- Honolulu to Tokyo (HNL to HND) is 6,191 km, or 3,847 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Honolulu to Tokyo?
- About 8h 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 Honolulu to Tokyo flight take?
- The great circle passes over 5,913 km of open water. It reaches 35.7°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.
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