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title: "Honolulu to Tokyo (HNL → HND): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Honolulu to Tokyo is 6,191 km (3,847 mi) great circle, an estimated 8h 12m 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/hnl-to-hnd
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HNL → HND

# Honolulu to Tokyo: distance, flight time and the route it really takes

Daniel K. Inouye to Tokyo Haneda is 6,191 km of great circle — 3,847 mi — and an estimated 8h 12m in the air. It crosses from Oceania to Asia.

**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](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 107th longest.

The Honolulu to Tokyo route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe

## 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.

One economy seat on it is about 877 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

From

HNL

## Daniel K. Inouye

Honolulu, United States · Oceania

21.3°N, 157.9°W

[HNL airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/hnl) [Flights to Honolulu →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/honolulu)

To

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)

## 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.

[Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained)

## Flown this one?

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[Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit)

## Nearby routes

[HND → SIN Tokyo to Singapore 5,300 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/hnd-to-sin) [SEA → HND Seattle to Tokyo 7,711 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/sea-to-hnd) [HND → BKK Tokyo to Bangkok 4,590 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/hnd-to-bkk) [SYD → HND Sydney to Tokyo 7,818 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/syd-to-hnd) [SEA → HNL Seattle to Honolulu 4,308 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/sea-to-hnl) [HNL → SYD Honolulu to Sydney 8,170 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/hnl-to-syd)

## 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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