Tokyo (HND) – Los Angeles (LAX)
- Distance
- 8,831 km
- 5,487 mi · 4,768 nm
- Flight time
- 10 h 2 min / 11 h 35 min
- Average gate to gate: HND → LAX / back
- Time difference
- 17 h / 16 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 1,031 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (610 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,162,677
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +7.3%
- Flights / week
- 98
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 89%
- 1,309,921 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- AA, NH, UA
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from HND
- 56°
- Heading from LAX
- 306°
- Halfway point
- 47.78, -168.63
- Great-circle km
- 8,812 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air HND → LAX
- 9 h 22 min
- In the air LAX → HND
- 11 h 3 min
- Clocks
- 17 h in January, 16 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 11 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 94,071 |
| Sep 2025 | 92,497 |
| Oct 2025 | 103,036 |
| Nov 2025 | 97,316 |
| Dec 2025 | 94,075 |
| Jan 2026 | 92,780 |
| Feb 2026 | 90,063 |
| Mar 2026 | 106,231 |
| Apr 2026 | 99,010 |
| May 2026 | 97,243 |
| Jun 2026 | 97,914 |
| Jul 2026 | 98,441 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 429 |
| Sep 2025 | 420 |
| Oct 2025 | 434 |
| Nov 2025 | 419 |
| Dec 2025 | 433 |
| Jan 2026 | 419 |
| Feb 2026 | 386 |
| Mar 2026 | 436 |
| Apr 2026 | 419 |
| May 2026 | 432 |
| Jun 2026 | 418 |
| Jul 2026 | 435 |
Airlines flying HND–LAX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 28 | 31% |
| NHAll Nippon Airways | 28 | 22% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 14 | 18% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 14 | 16% |
| JLJapan Air Lines | 14 | 13% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- B787-900 Dreamliner · 2,210 flights
- Airbus 350-1000 · 730 flights
- Airbus Industrie A350-900 · 727 flights
- Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner · 723 flights
- B787-800 Dreamliner · 652 flights
- Boeing 777-300/300ER/333ER · 38 flights
Also carried: 45,404 tonnes of freight and 586 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 8,812 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
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