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Arrival Time & Day-Night Calculator

Knowing whether you land at breakfast time or 3am changes everything — which facilities are open, whether to sleep, and how to handle jet lag. Enter your departure time, the flight length and the time-zone difference, and this calculator gives your local arrival time, the part of day you land in, and what that means for lounges, shops and transport. For a fuller arrival-time and jet-lag estimate across any route, try our sister site's time-change planner.

Local clock time only — it doesn't account for daylight-saving edge cases. Check your itinerary for the exact arrival time.

How to use it

Three quick steps

  1. Enter your departure time. The local clock time your flight (or layover leg) departs.
  2. Add flight length and time change. The flight duration, and how many hours the destination is ahead of or behind your departure point.
  3. Read your arrival. See your local arrival time, whether it's morning, afternoon, evening or night, and what's likely open when you land.
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Tool questions

How do I work out my arrival time across time zones?

Add the flight duration and the time-zone difference to your departure time. This calculator does it for you and also tells you whether you land in daylight — handy for planning lounges, transport and sleep.

Why does landing at night matter on a layover?

Late at night some shops, counters and transport options close, and a city visit may not be worth it — so a 24-hour lounge or an airside rest spot becomes the better plan. Our jet-lag planner uses the same idea.

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