# Distance from Chitose / Tomakomai (CTS) to Sterling/Rockfalls (SQI)

> 9,304 km · estimated flight time 12h · Ultra-long-haul route.

## Summary

- **Distance**: 9,304 km / 5,781 mi / 5,024 nm
- **Estimated flight time**: 12h
- **Heading**: 36° (northeast)
- **Return heading**: 325° (northwest)
- **Classification**: Ultra-long-haul
- **Type**: International (Japan) → United States
- **Intercontinental**: Asia → North America
- **Time difference**: -14h (When it's 01:46 in Chitose / Tomakomai, it's 11:46 in Sterling/Rockfalls)
- **Elevation difference**: 566 ft (SQI is higher 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

### [Whiteside County/Jos H Bittorf Field (SQI)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/sqi-sterlingrockfalls-whiteside-countyjos-h-bittorf-field/1ef266df-396a-62d0-b1cf-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Sterling/Rockfalls, United States
- ICAO: KSQI
- Timezone: America/Chicago
- Coordinates: 41.740000, -89.680000
- Elevation: 648 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 01:46 in Chitose / Tomakomai, it's 11:46 in Sterling/Rockfalls.
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)
- [Whiteside County/Jos H Bittorf Field (SQI)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/sqi-sterlingrockfalls-whiteside-countyjos-h-bittorf-field/1ef266df-396a-62d0-b1cf-06bb2780ed98)
- [Flight duration calculator](/#calculator)