- Great circle
- 9,208 km
- 5,721 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 11h 57m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 53.5°N
- at 12% along
- One lap of Earth
- 23.0%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 57th longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Amsterdam the path crosses Netherlands, then Germany, then Poland, then Belarus, then Russia, then Kazakhstan, then Uzbekistan, then Kyrgyzstan, then China, then India, then Myanmar, then Thailand.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 53.5°N, 12% of the way along.
Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 9,639 km. That is 431 km further, about 5% more, and roughly 32m of extra flying.
Leaving Amsterdam the aircraft points east (77°); it arrives into Bangkok heading south-east (142°). That is 65° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.
AMS
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Amsterdam, Netherlands · Europe
52.3°N, 4.8°E
Amsterdam to Bangkok, asked and answered
- How far is Amsterdam to Bangkok?
- Amsterdam to Bangkok (AMS to BKK) is 9,208 km, or 5,721 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Amsterdam to Bangkok?
- About 11h 57m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing.
- What route does a Amsterdam to Bangkok flight take?
- The great circle passes over Netherlands, then Germany, then Poland, then Belarus, then Russia, then Kazakhstan, then Uzbekistan, then Kyrgyzstan, then China, then India, then Myanmar, then Thailand. It reaches 53.5°N at its furthest from the equator.
Where these numbers come from
Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules.
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