HND layover
A layover in Tokyo (HND)
The city is 15–30 min from Haneda each way, so budget around 1 hours of travel for the round trip before immigration and security. Haneda is close to the city: the Keikyu Line reaches Shinagawa in about 15 minutes and the Tokyo Monorail Hamamatsucho in about 20, every few minutes. Japanese immigration can still take an hour at busy times. Be back 2 hours before an international departure.
- 0–5hStay airside
- 5–10hShinagawa and the Imperial Palace gardens
- 10–24hAsakusa and Shibuya
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Conditions at Haneda now
Raw METAR
How much buffer to leave at Haneda
Your connection depends on the inbound flight. Over the last four weeks, 83% of tracked arrivals at Haneda landed within 15 minutes of their usual time; about 1 in 40 was more than an hour late. On a tight connection, book the earlier inbound flight or a longer layover.
- Arrivals on time (Touchdown Index)
- 83%
- 8,762 flights · 2.5% over an hour late
- Extra time circling or sequencing
- 3.8 min
- average, last 40 nm · 0.4% of arrivals held
- Taxi-out
- 12 min
- median gate to take-off · 1 in 5 over 16 min
- Tracked flights
- 4,598
- take-offs and landings a week, airlines we cover
From public ADS-B flight tracking (adsb.lol, CC0), 4 September 2026 to 1 October 2026. How these figures are measured.
0–5 hours
Stay airside
Under five hours, stay in the international terminal (Terminal 3): its Edo-style shopping street and observation deck are landside, but the airside area has lounges, showers and Japanese food.
5–10 hours
Shinagawa and the Imperial Palace gardens
Take the Keikyu Line to Shinagawa, or the Monorail to Hamamatsucho, then one train to Tokyo Station. Walk to the Imperial Palace East Gardens and Marunouchi, and eat at Tokyo Station's ramen street.
10–24 hours
Asakusa and Shibuya
The Keikyu Line runs through to Asakusa for Sensō-ji temple. Add Shibuya's crossing in the evening via the Yamanote Line. Tokyo's trains stop around midnight, so plan a late return by taxi.
Into Tokyo and back
- Tokyo MonorailMonorail stations at Terminal 1, 2 and 3 → Hamamatsucho (JR Yamanote Line) · 13–20 min
- Keikyu LineKeikyu stations at Terminal 1/2 and Terminal 3 → Shinagawa, then on to Tokyo · 15–30 min
- Taxi (meter or flat rate)Taxi ranks outside arrivals → Door to door · 30 min–1h
Sources
- tokyo-haneda.com — Keikyu and Tokyo Monorail from the terminals
- japan.travel — Keikyu about 15 minutes to Shinagawa, Monorail about 20 minutes to Hamamatsucho
- tokyo-monorail.co.jp — journey times to Hamamatsucho
- gotokyo.org — monorail to Hamamatsucho about 20 minutes
- gotokyo.org — Keikyu to Shinagawa ~15 min, Tokyo ~30 min
- tokyo-haneda.com — station locations
- gotokyo.org — metered taxis and reserved flat-rate taxis
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