Japanese Government 777-300ER tail 80-1112 flies Tokyo Haneda to Sapporo in 2 hours 8 minutes

Japanese Government / Imperial Flight's Boeing 777-300ER, tail 80-1112, flew from Tokyo Haneda International Airport to New Chitose Airport in Sapporo on Tuesday, October 27, 2026. The aircraft departed Tokyo at 00:07 UTC and landed in Sapporo at 02:15 UTC, spending 2 hours 8 minutes in the air. The flight covered a great-circle distance of 269 nautical miles, or 310 miles, at an average ground speed of 126 knots. The jet reached a top speed of 609 knots and a highest altitude of 36,000 feet.

The 777-300ER is a long-range wide-body jet built to carry about 150 passengers and fly intercontinental routes. For this 269 nm domestic leg, celebplanes estimates the aircraft burned about 2,139 US gallons of fuel, producing roughly 20,547 kilograms of CO2 — about the same as driving a car 50,859 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 landed at Sapporo 28 times in the tracked window from September 7 to October 26, 2026. The last landing at Sapporo before this flight was on October 26, 2026, by the same aircraft, tail 80-1112. The home base for the fleet is Tokyo Haneda International Airport, which is 443 nm from New Chitose. In the 30 days before this flight, the owner's two aircraft visited 8 airports in one country and flew about 2,703 nm. The longest leg in that period was a 592 nm flight from Sapporo to Osaka on October 21, 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 Sapporo was found in the available web sources.

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

The aircraft had been on the ground at Sapporo for about 12 hours before this flight, following a previous tracked landing on October 26, 2026. In the tracked window from September 7 to October 26, 2026, the owner's two aircraft made 40 flights, with Sapporo as the most common destination at 28 landings and Tokyo second at 6 landings.

New Chitose Airport's longest runway is 9,843 feet at an elevation of 82 feet. Tokyo Haneda International Airport's longest runway is 11,024 feet at an elevation of 35 feet. Celebplanes estimates the aircraft burns about 1,000 US gallons of fuel per hour.