Distance from Chicago to Tokyo
The great-circle distance between Chicago, United States and Tokyo, Japan is 10,140 km (6,300 mi · 5,475 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 10,140 km · 6,300 mi · 5,475 nmi
- Initial bearing Chicago → Tokyo
- 323° (NW)
- Initial bearing Tokyo → Chicago
- 33° (NNE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 12 h 35 min
- Time zones
- Chicago UTC-05:00 · Tokyo UTC+09:00 (+14 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 897 min — the sun rises later in Chicago
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Chicago
- 41.8500, -87.6500
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 10:52 UTC / 01:02 UTC
- Tokyo
- 35.6895, 139.6917
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 19:55 UTC / 09:41 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.