NH181 distance and great-circle path
NH181 covers 6,136 km, or 3,812 miles. That makes it a long-haul flight, a widebody route with a full night's flying time. Of the 439 routes we track, it ranks 187 by distance.
The plane leaves Tokyo heading east. 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 NRT-HNL route appears on a tracker map.
Why NH181 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 6.9 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 887 km/h. An Airbus A380-800 cruises faster than that. The gap is taxi time, climbing, descending and holding.
Flying east, this route usually picks up tailwinds high up. The flight back west normally takes longer, even though the distance is identical. See how timing changes the trip in our red-eye flight guide.
Can the Airbus A380-800 comfortably fly NH181?
Not at all. At roughly 41% of its range, this is an easy trip for an Airbus A380-800. The airline picked it for cabin size, not distance. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Airbus A380-800.
What to know about NH181
- Time change: you land 19 hours behind 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.