- Great circle
- 1,160 km
- 721 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 1h 57m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 21.2°N
- at 100% along
- One lap of Earth
- 2.9%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 244th longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Ho Chi Minh City the path crosses Vietnam, then Cambodia, then Laos, then Vietnam, then 139 km of open water, then Vietnam.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 21.2°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 Ho Chi Minh City, north into Hanoi. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass.
Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi, asked and answered
- How far is Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi?
- Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi (SGN to HAN) is 1,160 km, or 721 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi?
- About 1h 57m 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 Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi flight take?
- The great circle passes over Vietnam, then Cambodia, then Laos, then Vietnam, then 139 km of open water, then Vietnam. It reaches 21.2°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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