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Which day should I go to the airport for an ANA international flight just after midnight?

For an ANA international departure between 00:00 and 01:59, ANA instructs passengers to complete airport check-in on the previous calendar day. Read the date together with the departure time: a flight shortly after midnight belongs to the new day even though the airport visit begins the evening before. ANA’s international counter cutoff is one hour before departure, subject to the applicable airport process.

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What this answer depends on

  • ANA international airport check-in for departures from 00:00 through 01:59 in the departure airport’s local date and time
  • A useful planning note has two entries: the ticketed departure date/time and the date you will travel to the airport. For example, for a hypothetical 00:30 departure on October 8, the previous calendar day is October 7. That is a calendar illustration, not an observed flight or a recommended arrival time. The previous-day rule comes from ANA’s late-night check-in instruction.
  • The counter cutoff is a deadline for completing a task, not a suggestion to enter the terminal at that moment. Check the actual departure airport instructions and opening arrangements, then allow for the tasks you need before that cutoff. Do not assume every counter remains open all evening or that arriving on the right date alone makes the plan sufficient.
  • This question is about interpreting the journey already booked. Before changing a hotel, transfer or calendar reminder, verify the flight date and operating carrier on the actual itinerary. A screenshot without the date can make a correct booking look a day early or late. Nothing here authorizes a ticket change or predicts a live delay.
  • ANA instructs travelers departing internationally between 00:00 and 01:59 to complete airport check-in on the previous calendar day.
  • ANA’s international airport check-in instruction requires completion at least one hour before departure, with departure-airport arrangements to be checked.

Important exceptions

  • The example is hypothetical. This is not a live schedule, a counter-opening timetable or a rule for another airline. Check-in arrangements can vary by departure point, and an operating-carrier change can change the relevant instructions.

What to do next

  1. Read the departure airport, operating carrier, local departure date and full 24-hour time on the itinerary.

  2. For the ANA international late-night period covered here, place the airport check-in visit on the previous calendar day.

  3. Check the official airport-specific counter instructions and required completion deadline; do not substitute a generic arrival interval.

  4. Label ground transport and calendar reminders with both dates so the evening airport visit is not confused with the ticketed departure day.

  5. Keep the complete itinerary rather than a time-only screenshot. Have the departure airport, operating carrier, local date/time and the current airport check-in instructions.

More booking questions

Does a 00:30 flight leave at the end of the date printed on the ticket?

No. In the calendar example, 00:30 is near the start of that printed date. ANA’s covered airport visit therefore begins on the previous date.

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