San Jose (SJC) to Nuku'alofa (TBU): 5,325 miles (8,570 km) great-circle, about 11h 10m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $1690 round-trip on American Airlines, with 2 stops, departing April 28, 2026.
$1690 round-trip, American Airlines AA2822, departing 2026-04-28 at 14:02, returning 2026-05-28. The recorded itinerary left on a Tuesday, returning on a Thursday 30 nights later; the fare was observed 3 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $1690, it ranked 29th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from SJC (median $415). That is 31.7 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), above the SJC median of 23.1 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from SJC of similar length: Tokyo (5,179 mi) at $1427 and Moscow (5,874 mi) at $2091.
American Airlines had the cheapest fare on 3 of 30 SJC routes. It is the 5th longest of the 30 routes we track from SJC.
Of 2 departure airports with a fare to Nuku'alofa, San Jose (SJC) ranked 2nd at $1690. Lowest: $578 from Wellington (WLG); highest: $1690 from San Jose (SJC); 0 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Air New Zealand (1) and American Airlines (1).
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones America/Los_Angeles, Pacific/Tongatapu; flight time is our estimate.