# Distance from Chitose / Tomakomai (CTS) to Colon (ONX)

> 12,849 km · estimated flight time 16h · Ultra-long-haul route.

## Summary

- **Distance**: 12,849 km / 7,984 mi / 6,938 nm
- **Estimated flight time**: 16h
- **Heading**: 47° (northeast)
- **Return heading**: 327° (north northwest)
- **Classification**: Ultra-long-haul
- **Type**: International (Japan) → Panama
- **Intercontinental**: Asia → North America
- **Time difference**: -14h (When it's 02:55 in Chitose / Tomakomai, it's 12:55 in Colon)
- **Elevation difference**: 57 ft (ONX is lower than CTS)

## Airports

### [New Chitose Airport (CTS)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/cts-chitose-tomakomai-new-chitose-airport/1ef266df-8b65-6cba-bb84-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Chitose / Tomakomai, Japan
- ICAO: RJCC
- Timezone: Asia/Tokyo
- Coordinates: 42.780000, 141.690000
- Elevation: 82 ft

### [Enrique Adolfo Jimenez Airport (ONX)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/onx-colon-enrique-adolfo-jimenez-airport/1ef266df-64eb-68b4-854b-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Colon, Panama
- ICAO: MPEJ
- Timezone: America/Panama
- Coordinates: 9.360000, -79.870000
- Elevation: 25 ft

## Route notes

This is an ultra-long-haul route, one of the longest in aviation. It requires wide-body aircraft with extended range capability such as the Airbus A350-900ULR or Boeing 777-200LR. Passengers should prepare for an extended flight with multiple meal services.

Time-zone information: When it's 02:55 in Chitose / Tomakomai, it's 12:55 in Colon.
With a 14-hour time difference, expect significant jet lag.

## Related

- [New Chitose Airport (CTS)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/cts-chitose-tomakomai-new-chitose-airport/1ef266df-8b65-6cba-bb84-06bb2780ed98)
- [Enrique Adolfo Jimenez Airport (ONX)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/onx-colon-enrique-adolfo-jimenez-airport/1ef266df-64eb-68b4-854b-06bb2780ed98)
- [Flight duration calculator](/#calculator)