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✈ SFO → HND

SAN FRANCISCO → TOKYO IN 10H 37M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.

Flight time
10h 37m
Distance
5,149 mi
Or
8,286 km
Jet lag
16h

Flight from San Francisco to Tokyo

From SFO (SFO), USA North America  →  Haneda (HND), Japan Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Tokyo → San Francisco

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Tokyo?

A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Tokyo (HND) takes about 10 hours 37 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,149 miles (8,286 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 37m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,149 mi

8,286 km · great-circle

Avg speed

781 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

San Francisco timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Tokyo timezone

UTC+9

Asia/Tokyo

Time difference

+16h

16 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~16d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1226 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1417 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 340 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.

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