Tijuana to Kobe flight path
Along the shortest route, the flight from Tijuana to Kobe covers 5,850 miles (9,410 km) — about 11 h 20 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Mexico, the United States and Japan. It crosses the Pacific Ocean: 93% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC−7 and land on UTC+9.
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From General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport (TIJ) to Kobe Airport (UKB) · TIJ · UKB
- Great-circle distance
- 9,410 km
- Duration, no wind
- 11 h 20 min
- Over water
- 93 %
- Time difference today
- +16 h
The route drawn is the theoretical one — the shortest path on the sphere. The real aircraft follows airways, avoids storms and closed airspace, and rides the wind: it can be hundreds of kilometres off.
What countries do you fly over from Tijuana to Kobe?
- Mexico
- United States
- Japan
- Pacific Ocean
Which side of the plane to sit on to see Mount Fuji
To see Mount Fuji (3,776 m), sit on the left: it lies about 119 km from the route, ≈ 10 h 45 min into the flight.
- Utsunomiya ≈ 10 h 30 min
- Mount Fuji (3,776 m) ≈ 10 h 45 min
- Toyota ≈ 10 h 50 min
- Nagoya ≈ 10 h 55 min
- Long Beach ≈ 25 min
- Los Angeles ≈ 30 min
- Junipero Serra Peak (1,787 m) ≈ 55 min
- Sendai ≈ 10 h 20 min
- Niigata ≈ 10 h 30 min
- Mount Tate (3,015 m) ≈ 10 h 45 min
- Toyama ≈ 10 h 45 min
- Kanazawa ≈ 10 h 50 min
- Kyoto ≈ 11 h 00 min
Left and right facing forward, on the theoretical route. Times are from take-off, with no wind.
Leg by leg
LandWaterCity, with its distance from the routePeakClock change
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- Take-off from General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport
- Water starts: Pacific Ocean63 km · ≈ 19 min into the flight
- Long Beach, United States — on the right, 38 km away173 km · ≈ 25 min into the flight
- Below: Channel Islands of California188 km · ≈ 30 min into the flight
- Los Angeles, United States — on the right, 60 km away196 km · ≈ 30 min into the flight
- Below: Pacific Coast Ranges408 km · ≈ 45 min into the flight
- Pacific Ocean — 8,380 km without land439 km · ≈ 45 min into the flight
- Junipero Serra Peak, 1,787 m — on the right, 77 km away568 km · ≈ 55 min into the flight
- Below: Japan8,530 km · ≈ 10 h 05 min into the flight
- Local time below changes: UTC−7 to UTC+98,720 km · ≈ 10 h 15 min into the flight
- Sendai, Japan — on the right, 46 km away8,770 km · ≈ 10 h 20 min into the flight
- Below: Honshu8,810 km · ≈ 10 h 25 min into the flight
- Land again8,810 km · ≈ 10 h 25 min into the flight
- Niigata, Japan — on the right, 102 km away8,920 km · ≈ 10 h 30 min into the flight
- Utsunomiya, Japan — on the left, 65 km away8,940 km · ≈ 10 h 30 min into the flight
- Mount Fuji, 3,776 m — on the left, 119 km away9,100 km · ≈ 10 h 45 min into the flight
- Mount Tate, 3,015 m — on the right, 51 km away9,110 km · ≈ 10 h 45 min into the flight
- Toyama, Japan — on the right, 82 km away9,130 km · ≈ 10 h 45 min into the flight
- Kanazawa, Japan — on the right, 103 km away9,180 km · ≈ 10 h 50 min into the flight
- Toyota, Japan — on the left, 62 km away9,240 km · ≈ 10 h 50 min into the flight
- Nagoya, Japan — on the left, 40 km away9,250 km · ≈ 10 h 55 min into the flight
- Kyoto, Japan — on the right, 6 km away9,350 km · ≈ 11 h 00 min into the flight
- Landing at Kobe Airport9,410 km · ≈ 11 h 05 min into the flight
Times assume a typical jet speed, no wind and an on-time departure. Good for orientation, not for your watch.
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Arriving in Kobe
Flight time and distance
About 11 h 20 min with no wind, including half an hour of taxi, climb and descent. On a long flight the wind aloft can change that by more than an hour, differently each way.
5,850 miles (9,410 km, 5,080 nautical miles) along the great circle. The real flight covers a little more because it follows airways.
Time zones you cross
| km | Time | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| 0 km | UTC−7 | Tijuana |
| 8,720 km | UTC+9 | Tokyo |
Airspace (FIRs) along the route
Each is a control region: when the aircraft crosses the boundary, the centre talking to the pilot changes. Boundaries are approximate, from the VATSIM data set, not the official ICAO chart.
- Mexico
- Los Angeles
- Oakland
- Oakland Oceanic
- Anchorage
- Tokyo Oceanic
- Fukuoka
- Kobe
FAQ
Where does the plane fly from Tijuana to Kobe?
Along the shortest route, the flight from Tijuana to Kobe covers 5,850 miles (9,410 km) — about 11 h 20 min with no wind. It passes over or close to Mexico, the United States and Japan. It crosses the Pacific Ocean: 93% of the route is over water. Today you leave on UTC−7 and land on UTC+9.
What countries do you fly over from Tijuana to Kobe?
It passes over or close to Mexico, the United States and Japan, and crosses the Pacific Ocean. This is the theoretical route: the aircraft may deviate for wind or closed airspace.
How long is the flight from Tijuana to Kobe?
About 11 h 20 min with no wind, including half an hour of taxi, climb and descent. On a long flight the wind aloft can change that by more than an hour, differently each way.
How far is Tijuana from Kobe by plane?
5,850 miles (9,410 km, 5,080 nautical miles) along the great circle. The real flight covers a little more because it follows airways.
How much of the flight is over water?
93% of the route, about 8,720 km. The longest stretch without land is 8,380 km.
Why doesn't the plane fly in a straight line on the map?
It does fly straight — on a sphere. On a flat map the shortest path looks curved; on the globe on this page it looks like what it is.
Does GPS work in airplane mode?
Yes. GPS is a receiver: it listens to satellites and transmits nothing, so it keeps working in airplane mode. What you won't have is a map unless you downloaded it; Modo Avión carries its own.
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How this was calculated
The route is the great-circle arc between both airports, split into 300 points. At each point a point-in-polygon test runs against 1,102 airspace regions, 418 time zones and 1,338 physical geography regions. Countries are those with a town within 25 km of the route: in empty areas one may be missing. Cities named have over 250,000 people and lie within 110 km.