# Ashburn, USA → Hong Kong RTT

🇺🇸 **Ashburn, USA (IAD)** → 🇭🇰 **Hong Kong (HKG)**

Measurement round: `2026-08-16T04:07:28Z`.

During the 2026-08-16T04:07:28Z measurement round, ICMP echo RTT from Ashburn to Hong Kong averaged 187.2 ms over 50 samples, with a minimum of 178.13 ms and a maximum of 213.4 ms. Zero packets were lost, while 6.84 ms jitter pointed to modest arrival-time variation.

The path ran 1.46 times above the theoretical fiber floor for a 13,108.8 km great-circle distance, an efficiency of 68.6%. Its 8.01 ms standard deviation is about 4.3% of the average, a higher variability share than the network-wide median of 3.28%.

Ranked 15th among the 19 outbound paths measured in this round, this route's variability ratio sits above the network median. The 35.3 ms split between minimum and maximum makes this a path worth watching for occasional latency outliers.

## Latency Summary

| Metric               | Value                                                        |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| RTT                  | **187.2 ms**                                                 |
| Jitter               | **6.84 ms**                                                  |
| Packet Loss          | **0%**                                                       |
| Standard Fiber Floor | **128.37 ms**                                                |
| Fiber Efficiency     | **68.6%**                                                    |
| Latency Tier         | Fair                                                         |
| Source Region        | [North America](/docs/network/latency/regions/north-america) |
| Destination Region   | [Asia Pacific](/docs/network/latency/regions/asia-pacific)   |

## Ping Measurement Series

The chart below renders the 50-sample ICMP echo measurement round for this route; an accessible table of every sample is included with the chart.

## Download This Route's Data

This route's measurement round is published as open data (CC BY 4.0) in CSV, JSON, and YAML. See [About This Measurement](#about-this-measurement) for citation guidance.

## Theoretical Fiber Latency

The public physical reference uses the GeoNames city centres for [Ashburn](https://www.geonames.org/4744870) (39.04372, -77.48749) and [Hong Kong](https://www.geonames.org/1819729) (22.27832, 114.17469). It does not disclose either facility address.

| Physical Reference                            | Value           |
| --------------------------------------------- | --------------- |
| WGS-84 geodesic distance                      | **13,108.8 km** |
| Vacuum RTT floor                              | **87.45 ms**    |
| Standard fiber RTT floor ($n_g=1.4679$)       | **128.37 ms**   |
| Low-latency fiber material floor              | **127.86 ms**   |
| Engineering floor (5% path allowance)         | **134.81 ms**   |
| Research 1.33× mapped-fiber reference         | **170.73 ms**   |
| Estimated unamplified path loss               | **2752.9 dB**   |
| Transparent optical spans / inline amplifiers | **173 / 172**   |
| Published RTT inflation over fiber floor      | **1.46×**       |

Attenuation is used to estimate the number of 80 km optical spans; it does not directly slow light. See the full [theoretical fiber latency, GeoNames, attenuation, and amplifier methodology](/docs/network/latency/theoretical-fiber-latency).

## Stability & Trend

The current measurement round (2026-08-16T04:07:28Z) collected 50 ICMP echo samples on this route. Distribution statistics from that round:

| Round Statistic    | Value         |
| ------------------ | ------------- |
| Minimum RTT        | **178.13 ms** |
| Average RTT        | **187.2 ms**  |
| Maximum RTT        | **213.4 ms**  |
| Standard deviation | **8.01 ms**   |
| Stdev / average    | **4.3%**      |

## Route Context

* Departure PoP: [Ashburn (IAD)](/docs/network/latency/iad-ashburn)
* Destination PoP: [Hong Kong (HKG)](/docs/network/latency/hkg-hong-kong)
* Region overview: [North America](/docs/network/latency/regions/north-america) → [Asia Pacific](/docs/network/latency/regions/asia-pacific)
* Corridor overview: [North America to Asia Pacific](/docs/network/latency/regions/north-america-to-asia-pacific)
* Full global matrix: [Backbone Latency Matrix](/docs/network/latency)
* Physical methodology: [Theoretical Fiber Latency](/docs/network/latency/theoretical-fiber-latency)

## Related City-Pair Routes

**Reverse direction**

* [Hong Kong to Ashburn latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/hkg-iad-rtt) — 186.2 ms

**Fastest routes departing Ashburn (IAD)**

* [Ashburn to New York latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/iad-nyc-rtt) — 6 ms
* [Ashburn to Miami latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/iad-mia-rtt) — 27.4 ms
* [Ashburn to Los Angeles latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/iad-lax-rtt) — 60.7 ms
* [Ashburn to Seattle latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/iad-sea-rtt) — 62.3 ms
* [Ashburn to London latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/iad-lon-rtt) — 70.3 ms

**Fastest routes arriving at Hong Kong (HKG)**

* [Taipei to Hong Kong latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/tpe-hkg-rtt) — 15.5 ms
* [Singapore to Hong Kong latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/sin-hkg-rtt) — 30.8 ms
* [Tokyo to Hong Kong latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/tyo-hkg-rtt) — 44.8 ms
* [Moscow to Hong Kong latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/mow-hkg-rtt) — 118.6 ms
* [Seattle to Hong Kong latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/sea-hkg-rtt) — 130.4 ms

**Same corridor (North America → Asia Pacific)**

* [Seattle to Tokyo latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/sea-tyo-rtt) — 85 ms
* [Los Angeles to Tokyo latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/lax-tyo-rtt) — 101.2 ms
* [Seattle to Taipei latency and RTT](/docs/network/latency/pairs/sea-tpe-rtt) — 114.7 ms

## About This Measurement

Published RTT reflects best-case backbone path behavior measured with ICMP echo probes between PoPs. End-user latency also depends on local access networks, congestion, routing policy, and traffic engineering. None of these values is an SLA.

The measurement round behind this page is published as open data under **CC BY 4.0** in the [Hats Network latency dataset](/opendata/latency/). Per-pair files are available at `/opendata/latency/latest/pairs/iad-hkg.pings.{csv,json,yaml}`. When citing, include the route, the measurement round timestamp, and the dataset version — for example: "Hats Network latency dataset, Ashburn → Hong Kong round 2026-08-16T04:07:28Z, CC BY 4.0".

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*Data auto-generated on August 16, 2026. Explore the [full interactive latency matrix](/docs/network/latency) or browse more [city-pair routes](/docs/network/latency/pairs).*

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