AC3 distance and great-circle path
AC3 covers 10,346 km, or 6,429 miles. That makes it an ultra-long-haul flight, near the limit of what most twinjets can fly non-stop. Of the 255 routes we track, it ranks 58 by distance.
The plane leaves Toronto heading north-west. On the map above, the line looks curved. That is normal. The shortest path over a round planet never looks straight on a flat screen. Our guide explains how the YYZ–HND route appears on a tracker map.
Why AC3 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 13.1 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 791 km/h. A Boeing 787-9 cruises faster than that. The gap is taxi time, climbing, descending and holding.
Winds aloft shift the real flight time by up to an hour in either direction. See how timing changes the trip in our red-eye flight guide.
What to know about AC3
- Time change: you land 13 hours ahead of the time you left. That is enough to cause jet lag. Here is how pilots handle it.
- Crosses the date line: the calendar date changes while you are in the air.