Need help booking?
Unpublished phone-only deals available
CTS to DRA: distance & flight time
Sapporo (New Chitose Airport) → Mercury (Desert Rock Airport)
5,096 mi
8,201 km · 4,428 nm
10h 27m
estimated nonstop flight time
—
time difference · heading northeast
See live CTS→DRA fares Phone-only fares on this route — call free
Flight time details
5,096 miles nonstop takes roughly 10h 27m gate to gate, flying northeast. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Both airports share the same local time, so schedules read exactly as flown.
The two airports
- CTS — New Chitose Airport · Sapporo, Japan
- DRA — Desert Rock Airport · Mercury, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
Alternate airports can cut this fare
Flying from or into a nearby airport is the #1 trick our agents use to beat online prices. Call and we'll compare every combination on one call.
Near CTS
- OKD · Okadama Airport28 mi away
- AKJ · Asahikawa Airport73 mi away
- OBO · Tokachi-Obihiro Airport77 mi away
- HKD · Hakodate Airport82 mi away
Near DRA
- INS · Creech Air Force Base20 mi away
- LAS · McCarran International Airport62 mi away
- VGT · North Las Vegas Airport55 mi away
- LSV · Nellis Air Force Base62 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is CTS from DRA?
The flight distance from Sapporo (CTS) to Mercury (DRA) is 5,096 miles (8,201 km, 4,428 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from CTS to DRA?
A nonstop flight takes about 10h 27m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
What is the cheapest way to fly from CTS to DRA?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on CTS–DRA that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.