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title: "Los Angeles to Tokyo (LAX → HND): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Los Angeles to Tokyo is 8,812 km (5,476 mi) great circle, an estimated 11h 27m 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/lax-to-hnd
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LAX → HND

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

Los Angeles to Tokyo Haneda is 8,812 km of great circle — 5,476 mi — and an estimated 11h 27m in the air. It crosses from North America to Asia.

**Great circle**
8,812 km
5,476 mi

**Estimated in the air**
11h 27m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
47.7°N
at 52% along

**One lap of Earth**
22.0%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 65th longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Los Angeles the path crosses the United States, then 8,415 km of open water.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 47.7°N, 52% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 9,303 km. That is 491 km further, about 6% more, and roughly 37m of extra flying.

Leaving Los Angeles the aircraft points north-west (306°); it arrives into Tokyo heading south-west (236°). That is 70° 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 1.25 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

From

LAX

## Los Angeles

Los Angeles, United States · North America

33.9°N, 118.4°W

[LAX airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/lax) [Flights to Los Angeles →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/los-angeles)

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)

## Los Angeles to Tokyo, asked and answered

**How far is Los Angeles to Tokyo?**
Los Angeles to Tokyo (LAX to HND) is 8,812 km, or 5,476 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Tokyo?**
About 11h 27m 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 Los Angeles to Tokyo flight take?**
The great circle passes over the United States, then 8,415 km of open water. It reaches 47.7°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

[LHR → LAX London to Los Angeles 8,760 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-lax) [LAX → NRT Los Angeles to Tokyo 8,753 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-nrt) [CDG → LAX Paris to Los Angeles 9,103 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-lax) [FRA → LAX Frankfurt to Los Angeles 9,322 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/fra-to-lax) [SFO → HND San Francisco to Tokyo 8,285 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/sfo-to-hnd) [LHR → HND London to Tokyo 9,592 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-hnd)

## 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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