- Great circle
- 7,818 km
- 4,858 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 10h 13m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 35.5°N
- at 100% along
- One lap of Earth
- 19.5%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 83rd longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Sydney the path crosses Australia, then 1,231 km of open water, then Papua New Guinea, then 4,573 km of open water.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 35.5°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.
It arrives on almost the heading it left on — north at both ends. The two airports sit at nearly mirrored latitudes, so the arc climbs away from the equator and falls back to it by the same amount, and the compass ends up where it started.
SYD
Sydney Kingsford Smith
Sydney, Australia · Oceania
33.9°S, 151.2°E
Sydney to Tokyo, asked and answered
- How far is Sydney to Tokyo?
- Sydney to Tokyo (SYD to HND) is 7,818 km, or 4,858 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Sydney to Tokyo?
- About 10h 13m 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 Sydney to Tokyo flight take?
- The great circle passes over Australia, then 1,231 km of open water, then Papua New Guinea, then 4,573 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.
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