Great-circle route ORD → HND. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
The flight time from Chicago to Tokyo is approximately 12h 35m nonstop. The distance is 6,291 miles (10,124 km). There are about 5 nonstop flights from Chicago to Tokyo per day.
That is a great-circle estimate, not a scheduled block time. An airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
| Route | Est. time | Distance | Frequency | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORD → HND Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tokyo Haneda International Airport |
12h 35m | 6,291 mi | 21/wk | All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, United Airlines |
| ORD → NRT Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Narita International Airport |
12h 31m | 6,260 mi | 14/wk | All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines |
Frequencies come from our most recent schedule sample. Where a pairing shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
3 airlines fly nonstop from Chicago to Tokyo, including All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 787, Boeing 777-300, Boeing 777-300ER, Boeing 787-8.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
On a long east–west route like this one the two directions do not take the same time. Aircraft flying eastbound ride the mid-latitude jet stream and typically arrive earlier than the westbound leg, which flies into it. The difference is commonly 30 to 90 minutes on transatlantic and transpacific flights, and it varies by season. The estimate above does not model wind — treat it as a midpoint and check the airline's own timetable for the block time on your date.
The distance from Chicago to Tokyo is 6,291 miles, or 10,124 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 6,291 mi |
| Kilometres | 10,124 km |
| Nautical miles | 5,467 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 3 airlines fly it nonstop, with about 35 departures a week, across 2 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 12h 35m in the air on the ORD–HND nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 6,291-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
6,291 miles (10,124 km) great-circle between Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Tokyo Haneda International Airport.
All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, United Airlines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 787, Boeing 777-300, Boeing 777-300ER, Boeing 787-8. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
ORD to HND, ORD to NRT. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
