Great-circle route SFO → NRT. 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 San Francisco to Tokyo is approximately 10h 21m nonstop. The distance is 5,112 miles (8,227 km). There are about 7 nonstop flights from San Francisco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFO → NRT San Francisco International Airport to Narita International Airport |
10h 21m | 5,112 mi | 28/wk | All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, United Airlines, Viva Macau |
| SFO → HND San Francisco International Airport to Tokyo Haneda International Airport |
10h 25m | 5,149 mi | 21/wk | All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, United 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.
4 airlines fly nonstop from San Francisco to Tokyo, including All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, United Airlines, Viva Macau.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Boeing 777-300ER, Boeing 787-9, Boeing 787-8, Boeing 777 and 1 other types.
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 San Francisco to Tokyo is 5,112 miles, or 8,227 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 5,112 mi |
| Kilometres | 8,227 km |
| Nautical miles | 4,442 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 4 airlines fly it nonstop, with about 49 departures a week, across 2 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 10h 21m in the air on the SFO–NRT nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 5,112-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.
5,112 miles (8,227 km) great-circle between San Francisco International Airport and Narita International Airport.
All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, United Airlines, Viva Macau.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Boeing 777-300ER, Boeing 787-9, Boeing 787-8, Boeing 777. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
SFO to NRT, SFO to HND. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
