Great-circle route JFK ↔ HND. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
Frequencies below are per direction, from our most recent schedule sample.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| JFK → HND New York to Tokyo |
35/wk | Daily | All Nippon Airways, American Airlines, Japan Airlines |
| HND → JFK Tokyo to New York |
35/wk | Daily | All Nippon Airways, American Airlines, Japan Airlines, Japan Airlines Domestic |
Where a direction shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
In 2025, airlines reported 719,295 passengers on 3,622 flights between JFK and HND — about 1,972 a day — filling 84% of the 857,626 seats flown. Japan Air Lines Co. Ltd. carried the most passengers (41%).
Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports — actual airline-reported traffic, scheduled service only, both directions combined. Cargo and charter flights excluded.
4 airlines fly the JFK–HND nonstop, including All Nippon Airways, American Airlines, Japan Airlines, Japan Airlines Domestic.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A350-1000, Boeing 777-300ER, Boeing 787-9, 77N.
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 between John F Kennedy International Airport and Tokyo Haneda International Airport is 6,758 miles, or 10,876 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 6,758 mi |
| Kilometres | 10,876 km |
| Nautical miles | 5,873 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 4 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 70 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 13h 28m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 6,758-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.
About 35 a week from New York to Tokyo and 35 a week from Tokyo to New York, from our most recent schedule sample.
All Nippon Airways, American Airlines, Japan Airlines, Japan Airlines Domestic.
In 2025, airlines reported 719,295 passengers on 3,622 scheduled flights between JFK and HND — about 1,972 a day — filling 84% of the seats flown. Source: US DOT T-100 segment reports, both directions combined.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A350-1000, Boeing 777-300ER, Boeing 787-9, 77N. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
