Japanese Government 777-300ER tail 80-1112 flies Sapporo to Osaka in two hours

Japanese Government / Imperial Flight's Boeing 777-300ER, tail 80-1112, flew from New Chitose Airport in Sapporo to Kansai International Airport in Osaka on Wednesday, October 21, 2026. The aircraft departed Sapporo at 01:24 UTC and landed in Osaka at 03:24 UTC, spending exactly two hours in the air. The flight covered a great-circle distance of 592 nautical miles, or 681 miles, at an average ground speed of 295 knots. The jet reached a top speed of 435 knots and a highest altitude of 36,025 feet.

The 777-300ER is a long-range wide-body jet built to carry about 150 passengers and fly intercontinental routes. For this 592 nm domestic leg, celebplanes estimates the aircraft burned about 2,007 US gallons of fuel, producing roughly 19,285 kilograms of CO2 — about the same as driving a car 47,735 miles. The aircraft is one of two 777-300ERs operated by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force for the Prime Minister and the Imperial Family, with the other being tail 80-1111.

Before this flight, Japanese Government / Imperial Flight's aircraft had not landed at Osaka in the tracked window from August 19 to October 20, 2026. The home base for the fleet is Tokyo Haneda International Airport, which is 233 nm from Kansai. In the 30 days before this flight, the owner's two aircraft visited 10 airports in two countries and flew about 13,287 nm. The longest leg in that period was a 5,285 nm flight from Elmira/Corning to Sapporo on September 23, 2026, flown by the same aircraft, tail 80-1112.

Japan's Air Self-Defense Force operates the two 777-300ERs as primary transport for the Prime Minister and the Imperial Family, always deploying them together for heads-of-state missions. The aircraft are based at Chitose Air Base in Hokkaido and frequently stage through Tokyo Haneda. Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako use the same aircraft for state visits. Japan is a top-20 economy and G7 member, so the aircraft appear at virtually every major multilateral summit. No scheduled public appearance or event for Japanese Government / Imperial Flight near Osaka was found in the available web sources.

The flight from Sapporo to Osaka is a routine domestic repositioning for a fleet that typically operates on long-haul state visits. The aircraft's presence at Kansai places it within range of its home base and other common destinations in the region.

Before this flight, the aircraft had been on the ground at Sapporo for about 38 hours, following a previous tracked landing on October 19, 2026. In the tracked window from August 19 to October 20, 2026, the owner's two aircraft flew 39 flights. The most common destination in that period was Sapporo, with 25 landings, followed by Tokyo with 7 landings.

Kansai International Airport's longest runway is 13,123 feet, with an elevation of 26 feet. New Chitose Airport's longest runway is 9,843 feet, at an elevation of 82 feet. The aircraft's estimated fuel burn is 1,000 US gallons per hour.