Tokyo (HND) – San Francisco (SFO)
- Distance
- 8,304 km
- 5,160 mi · 4,484 nm
- Flight time
- 9 h 48 min / 11 h 14 min
- Average gate to gate: HND → SFO / back
- Time difference
- 17 h / 16 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 970 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (574 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 450,464
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +2.7%
- Flights / week
- 43
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 86%
- 526,633 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- UA, JL, NH
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
- 54°
- Heading from SFO
- 303°
- Halfway point
- 48.53, -172.17
- Great-circle km
- 8,285 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air HND → SFO
- 9 h 5 min
- In the air SFO → HND
- 10 h 32 min
- Clocks
- 17 h in January, 16 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 10 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 36,976 |
| Sep 2025 | 35,294 |
| Oct 2025 | 40,123 |
| Nov 2025 | 37,404 |
| Dec 2025 | 34,628 |
| Jan 2026 | 35,203 |
| Feb 2026 | 31,861 |
| Mar 2026 | 41,590 |
| Apr 2026 | 39,820 |
| May 2026 | 38,801 |
| Jun 2026 | 39,530 |
| Jul 2026 | 39,234 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 190 |
| Sep 2025 | 178 |
| Oct 2025 | 187 |
| Nov 2025 | 183 |
| Dec 2025 | 187 |
| Jan 2026 | 188 |
| Feb 2026 | 168 |
| Mar 2026 | 189 |
| Apr 2026 | 182 |
| May 2026 | 188 |
| Jun 2026 | 182 |
| Jul 2026 | 188 |
Airlines flying HND–SFO nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 14 | 41% |
| JLJapan Air Lines | 14 | 30% |
| NHAll Nippon Airways | 14 | 30% |
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
- Boeing 777-300/300ER/333ER · 1,162 flights
- Boeing 777-200ER/200LR/233LR · 736 flights
- B787-800 Dreamliner · 236 flights
- B787-900 Dreamliner · 73 flights
- Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner · 3 flights
Also carried: 22,415 tonnes of freight and 95 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 8,285 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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