✈ ZRH → KIX
ZURICH → OSAKA IN 12H 2M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.
Flight from Zurich to Osaka
From Zurich Airport (ZRH), Switzerland Europe → Kansai (KIX), Japan Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Osaka → Zurich
How long is the flight from Zurich to Osaka?
A nonstop flight from Zurich (ZRH) to Osaka (KIX) takes about 12 hours 2 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,887 miles (9,475 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
12h 2m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,887 mi
9,475 km · great-circle
Avg speed
788 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Zurich timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Zurich
Osaka timezone
UTC+9
Asia/Tokyo
Time difference
+7h
7 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~7d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Zurich
Nearest destinations
- Zurich → Milan
- Zurich → Munich
- Zurich → Frankfurt
- Zurich → Paris
- Zurich → Brussels
- Zurich → Prague
- Zurich → Amsterdam
- Zurich → Vienna
- Zurich → Berlin
- Zurich → Rome
Long-haul from Zurich
- Zurich → Auckland
- Zurich → Sydney
- Zurich → Melbourne
- Zurich → Bali (Denpasar)
- Zurich → Santiago
- Zurich → Buenos Aires
- Zurich → Manila
- Zurich → Singapore
- Zurich → Kuala Lumpur
- Zurich → Mexico City
More flights to Asia
Flights to Osaka
Nearest origins
- Tokyo → Osaka
- Seoul → Osaka
- Shanghai → Osaka
- Taipei → Osaka
- Beijing → Osaka
- Hong Kong → Osaka
- Manila → Osaka
- Bangkok → Osaka
- Singapore → Osaka
- Kuala Lumpur → Osaka
Long-haul to Osaka
- São Paulo → Osaka
- Buenos Aires → Osaka
- Rio de Janeiro → Osaka
- Santiago → Osaka
- Cape Town → Osaka
- Johannesburg → Osaka
- Cancun → Osaka
- Miami → Osaka
- Mexico City → Osaka
- Casablanca → Osaka