✈ HKG → ICN

3H 13M FROM HONG KONG TO SEOUL. THAT'S A WORK SHIFT.

Flight time
3h 13m
Distance
1,285 mi
Or
2,068 km
Jet lag
23h

Flight from Hong Kong to Seoul

From Hong Kong International (HKG), Hong Kong Asia  →  Incheon (ICN), South Korea Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Seoul → Hong Kong

How long is the flight from Hong Kong to Seoul?

A nonstop flight from Hong Kong (HKG) to Seoul (ICN) takes about 3 hours 13 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 1,285 miles (2,068 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

3h 13m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

1,285 mi

2,068 km · great-circle

Avg speed

644 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Hong Kong timezone

UTC+32

Asia/Hong_Kong

Seoul timezone

UTC+9

Asia/Seoul

Time difference

-23h

23 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~16.1d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 252 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 354 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 85 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.7× a car driven alone over the same distance.