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title: "Flights to Dubai: how far it is, and from where · Orbit"
description: "Great circle distances and estimated flying times to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 18 cities — 1,925 km at the nearest, 14,199 km at the furthest. Distance and geography, not fares."
url: https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/dubai
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United Arab Emirates · Asia

# Flights to Dubai: how far it is, and from where

Dubai sits at 25.2°N, 55.4°E, served by Dubai (DXB). Below are 18 routes into it, with the great circle distance and an estimated flying time for each.

This page is about distance and geography — there are no fares or schedules on it. For tickets, use a booking site; for how far it actually is and what you fly over to get there, you’re in the right place.

**Routes here**
18
in the catalogue

**Nearest**
1,925 km
from Mumbai

**Furthest**
14,199 km
from Auckland

**Airports**
1
DXB

## How far Dubai is from everywhere else

Great circle distance between the airports, and an estimate of the time in the air. Every row links to the route in full.

| From                                                       |     | Distance  | Estimated | Direction                        |
| ---------------------------------------------------------- | --- | --------- | --------- | -------------------------------- |
| [Mumbai](https://orbitflights.app/routes/bom-to-dxb)       | BOM | 1,925 km  | 2h 54m    | westbound — the easier direction |
| [Delhi](https://orbitflights.app/routes/del-to-dxb)        | DEL | 2,182 km  | 3h 13m    | westbound — the easier direction |
| [Cairo](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cai-to-dxb)        | CAI | 2,417 km  | 3h 30m    | eastbound — the harder direction |
| [Istanbul](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ist-to-dxb)     | IST | 3,030 km  | 4h 16m    | eastbound — the harder direction |
| [Bucharest](https://orbitflights.app/routes/otp-to-dxb)    | OTP | 3,394 km  | 4h 43m    | eastbound — the harder direction |
| [Nairobi](https://orbitflights.app/routes/dxb-to-nbo)      | NBO | 3,559 km  | 4h 55m    | eastbound — the harder direction |
| [Rome](https://orbitflights.app/routes/fco-to-dxb)         | FCO | 4,343 km  | 5h 54m    | eastbound — the harder direction |
| [Zurich](https://orbitflights.app/routes/zrh-to-dxb)       | ZRH | 4,769 km  | 6h 26m    | eastbound — the harder direction |
| [Frankfurt](https://orbitflights.app/routes/fra-to-dxb)    | FRA | 4,845 km  | 6h 31m    | eastbound — the harder direction |
| [Bangkok](https://orbitflights.app/routes/dxb-to-bkk)      | BKK | 4,903 km  | 6h 36m    | westbound — the easier direction |
| [Amsterdam](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ams-to-dxb)    | AMS | 5,169 km  | 6h 55m    | eastbound — the harder direction |
| [Paris](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-dxb)        | CDG | 5,239 km  | 7h 01m    | eastbound — the harder direction |
| [London](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-dxb)       | LHR | 5,498 km  | 7h 20m    | eastbound — the harder direction |
| [Madrid](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mad-to-dxb)       | MAD | 5,650 km  | 7h 31m    | eastbound — the harder direction |
| [Singapore](https://orbitflights.app/routes/dxb-to-sin)    | SIN | 5,846 km  | 7h 46m    | westbound — the easier direction |
| [Johannesburg](https://orbitflights.app/routes/dxb-to-jnb) | JNB | 6,413 km  | 8h 28m    | eastbound — the harder direction |
| [Manila](https://orbitflights.app/routes/dxb-to-mnl)       | MNL | 6,905 km  | 9h 05m    | westbound — the easier direction |
| [Auckland](https://orbitflights.app/routes/dxb-to-akl)     | AKL | 14,199 km | 18h 09m   | westbound — the easier direction |

## What Dubai adds to a map

Dubai puts a pin in United Arab Emirates, and Asia is one of the seven continents — the coarsest and most useful measure of how much of the world a flight map actually covers. The furthest route here, from Auckland, is 14,199 km: 35.4% of one lap of the Earth in a single flight.

[What actually counts as a country visited →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/counting-countries)

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