✈ SYD → HND

10H 3M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.

Flight time
10h 3m
Distance
4,857 mi
Or
7,817 km
Jet lag
1h

Flight from Sydney to Tokyo

From Kingsford Smith (SYD), Australia Oceania  →  Haneda (HND), Japan Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Tokyo → Sydney

How long is the flight from Sydney to Tokyo?

A nonstop flight from Sydney (SYD) to Tokyo (HND) takes about 10 hours 3 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,857 miles (7,817 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

10h 3m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

4,857 mi

7,817 km · great-circle

Avg speed

777 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Sydney timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Sydney

Tokyo timezone

UTC+9

Asia/Tokyo

Time difference

-1h

1 hour behind

Jet lag (rough)

~0.7d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1157 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1337 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 320 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.