✈ ICN → AKL
12H 15M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from Seoul to Auckland
From Incheon (ICN), South Korea Asia → Auckland Airport (AKL), New Zealand Oceania
How long is the flight from Seoul to Auckland?
A nonstop flight from Seoul (ICN) to Auckland (AKL) takes about 12 hours 15 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,000 miles (9,656 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
12h 15m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,000 mi
9,656 km · great-circle
Avg speed
789 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Seoul timezone
UTC+9
Asia/Seoul
Auckland timezone
UTC+12
Pacific/Auckland
Time difference
+3h
3 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~3d
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.