Originally Posted by chinstrap
Sorry for being too vague. What I really want to avoid is sleeping on the flight. So, a flight that leaves early in the day is OK even if it arrives at night, because I will not be sleeping.
Possibly the only solution is heading west, as suggested, as it looks like most eastbound flights head out later in the day.
Thanks for the suggestions!
Actually, only a handful of flights depart late in the day. What's more, anything requiring a connection in NRT or ICN leaves on the early side. But, the idea of leaving in the morning and arriving at night is fantasy unless fancy parking yourself in a place like HNL just so you can bridge the gap between morning and night.
Flying via Europe could work but tends to be a lot more expensive and entail more time en route (much more for west coast destinations).