How long is the wait time at Haneda airport?

Do I need to wait hours after arriving at Haneda airport? Is the process of custom checking very long?

Thanks.

No one knows as visitor numbers are increasing massively.

But no pcr tests now, so you shouldn't be waiting hours like the past 6 months.

I re-entered Japan in August and it only took slightly longer than usual, not too bad though, got out in less than an hour cos I had a connecting flight to catch. It likely took about 30 -40 minutes or so? Had my app all up and ready to go, plus I'm a resident so that helped too.

I think with the abolishment of the blue, yellow, red zoned countries scheme the only limiting factor will be the sheer number of tourists wanting to enter the country... and that's something that hasn't happened yet so no one can tell for certain how long it will take.

Recent reports I have seen indicate less than an hour. I'm picking someone up from Haneda next week, so I'll have at least one additional data point then.

Thank you all for responding to my question. I will be arriving on Wednesday.

Pre-covid, I always found Haneda a lot smoother than Narita. Smaller airport, less international flight compared to Narita which means less crowd/immigration queue. But I always arrived around 6am in the morning as compared to Narita which usually I arrived at later hour, and I didn't travel on the peak of the of the season (e.g. May, October). During my trips, the clearance took around 30-40 mins from disembarking until receiving my luggage.

@Moccy

Thatfs pretty long to me. But now I will think of it as lucky if I can get out of the airport within one hour. I have my SOS App ready, hope it helps.

When I landed at HND T3 last week (6 Jan) I had completed everything online in advance, so quarantine check took 20 seconds, immigration about 30 seconds and customs about 2 minutes. This includes queuing time (although there was no queue anywhere at 1330). There were a huge number of staff to help direct people to the right processing area.
Sadly departure wasn't as smooth (2200 the same day) and the queue for security was over 1 hour!!

Richard - You mentioned you completed everything online in advance. Can you please share what app or site you used to prepare? Thanks in advance!

I'm arriving at Haneda in March, but it will be via a Hawaiian Airlines flight, and I'm wondering if the has more Japanese nationals than overseas travelers, if that will make the potential wait easier. But since it'll be sakura season, I'm expecting there will be many overseas arrivals in general around that time so the wait times could be quite long.

Hi @Emily

I'm not Richard, but I think he likely used this: https://vjw-lp.digital.go.jp/en/

I will also link a Youtube video which details entry into Japan here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0L7x1XMg_A&ab_channel=japan-guide.com

I'm going to be moving to Japan in maybe 2 weeks from now (just waiting on my visa). So I'm also looking into the application needed to prove ones vaccine status :)

@Celty, I flew into Narita not Haneda, but I flew Honolulu to Tokyo in late December and most of the flight were Americans. People were from all over the US on the flight, not even necessarily Hawaii. So I wouldn't assume your flight is mostly going to be Japanese tourists.

I entered Japan last November from Seattle and it took over 3 hours standing in line from stepping off the plane to baggage claim. My friend just arrived at Haneda last week (first week of January) from Bangkok and his wait was over 2 hours from stepping off the plane to baggage claim. Japan is really falling down on this. 3 hours standing in line after a 10 hour flight is really frustrating and seemingly unnecessary. Not sure what the problem is, but someone needs to fix it!!!! What a bad first impression.

Dang!

I flew into Narita on a delayed flight from HNL. BTW we got off the flight it was close to 16:20 and I did stop to pee in case all the lines were long. I was out of Customs and Immigration with all my bags by 17:50 and headed towards an ATM and by 18:05 I was in line to get my rail pass and got on the NEX at 18:48.

I had thought Narita was bad, but it sounds like Haneda is worse and I am going to do my best to avoid it on my next trip!

@Steve, whatfs the arrival time of yr friendfs flight from BKK? Early morning?

Itfs disappointing to read the ongoing arrival delays at HND despite all the QR codes on the ready.
I guess like many places, staffing is a major issue these days.

Not liking the sound of this. I always prefer Haneda. Never had to wait too long there compared to some of the lines I've been in at Narita. Whatever is going on recently I hope they sort it out by summer. I am booked for July. Flight arrives at 3 p.m. and I'll need to be in Shinjuku by 8. Still doable even if it takes three hours to get to customs but I could do without the stress.

I arrived at 2150 on Friday 13/1/23. Black Friday should have been an omen. Took me 1hr and 10 minutes to get through from the moment I hit the line. Unbearably hot in the terminal, only 6 immigration officers for masses of people. When I joined there was four "sheep runs" full of people taking about 15 minutes to do one run. By the time I got to the front there were 7 full runs behind me. Thats pushing the time out to 1hr 45 mintues. Absolutely hopeless but that pretty much sums up most of the archaic systems here and the ambivalence toward the gaijin. If your on a re entry visa there are dedicated gates and it takes less than five minutes. If you're Japanese you can use the smart gate and it takes less than a two minutes.

This thread is making me nervous.
I'll transfer to a domestic flight and have 3 hours and 40 min transfer time.
Should I change the domestic flight to a later departure?

Hi My fight arrive at haneda at 22.35 and the last time to do the checkin at the hotel is midgnight, is it realistic ?

@Luc, where is your hotel? At the airport or somewhere else. Anyway for your first night Ifd take a hotel without such restrictions. You never know if your flight is late.