Tokyo (NRT) – San Francisco (SFO)
- Distance
- 8,246 km
- 5,124 mi · 4,452 nm
- Flight time
- 9 h 32 min / 10 h 59 min
- Average gate to gate: NRT → SFO / back
- Time difference
- 17 h / 16 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 963 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (570 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 606,170
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −0.4%
- Flights / week
- 56
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 83%
- 729,762 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- UA, ZG, 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 NRT
- 55°
- Heading from SFO
- 303°
- Halfway point
- 48.47, -171.77
- Great-circle km
- 8,227 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air NRT → SFO
- 8 h 54 min
- In the air SFO → NRT
- 10 h 20 min
- Clocks
- 17 h in January, 16 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 10 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 50,680 |
| Sep 2025 | 43,370 |
| Oct 2025 | 51,326 |
| Nov 2025 | 49,936 |
| Dec 2025 | 47,750 |
| Jan 2026 | 48,112 |
| Feb 2026 | 43,620 |
| Mar 2026 | 55,877 |
| Apr 2026 | 50,666 |
| May 2026 | 52,634 |
| Jun 2026 | 55,579 |
| Jul 2026 | 56,620 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 248 |
| Sep 2025 | 241 |
| Oct 2025 | 248 |
| Nov 2025 | 240 |
| Dec 2025 | 249 |
| Jan 2026 | 249 |
| Feb 2026 | 224 |
| Mar 2026 | 248 |
| Apr 2026 | 240 |
| May 2026 | 246 |
| Jun 2026 | 237 |
| Jul 2026 | 250 |
Airlines flying NRT–SFO nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 14 | 30% |
| ZGZIPAIR Tokyo | 14 | 29% |
| NHAll Nippon Airways | 14 | 22% |
| JLJapan Air Lines | 14 | 19% |
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 · 991 flights
- B787-800 Dreamliner · 734 flights
- B787-900 Dreamliner · 732 flights
- Boeing 777-200ER/200LR/233LR · 463 flights
Also carried: 27,712 tonnes of freight and 42 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 8,227 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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