Over the date line
Somewhere over the Pacific, the calendar skips a day or repeats one.
16Routes
7Airports
~15h 35mLongest
17hBiggest clock jump
Every route in this group
Popular routes, A to Z →8 city pairs
Longest first. Each direction is its own page: going out and coming back, the sun lands on different sides.
Hong Kong ⇄ Los Angeles~13h 20m · 11,665 km
Also in: Twelve hours plus
Hong Kong ⇄ San Francisco~12h 45m · 11,132 km
Also in: Twelve hours plus
Tokyo ⇄ New York City~12h 30m · 10,903 km
Also in: Over the top · Twelve hours plus
Seoul ⇄ Los Angeles~11h 5m · 9,626 km
Also in: Twelve hours plus
Tokyo ⇄ Los Angeles~10h 10m · 8,812 km
Los Angeles ⇄ Tokyo~11h 50m · 8,753 km
Tokyo ⇄ San Francisco~9h 35m · 8,285 km
Tokyo ⇄ San Francisco~9h 35m · 8,227 km
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Over the top 8Routes that arc past 60° north: a detour on a flat map, the shortest way on a globe.
Across the equator 32You take off in one hemisphere's season and land in the other's.
Twelve hours plus 16Half a day in the air. Does one window win the whole way?
Across the Atlantic 46The most common crossing on the list. Eastbound and westbound are not mirror images.