✈ MIA → HKG

17H 57M, 8,979 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.

Flight time
17h 57m
Distance
8,979 mi
Or
14,451 km
Jet lag
12h

Flight from Miami to Hong Kong

From Miami International (MIA), USA North America  →  Hong Kong International (HKG), Hong Kong Asia

How long is the flight from Miami to Hong Kong?

A nonstop flight from Miami (MIA) to Hong Kong (HKG) takes about 17 hours 57 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,979 miles (14,451 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

17h 57m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

8,979 mi

14,451 km · great-circle

Avg speed

805 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Miami timezone

UTC-4

America/New_York

Hong Kong timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Hong_Kong

Time difference

+12h

12 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~12d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 2139 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2471 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 592 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.