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title: "Amsterdam to Bangkok (AMS → BKK): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Amsterdam to Bangkok is 9,208 km (5,721 mi) great circle, an estimated 11h 57m in the air. The route, what it flies over, and why the short way is not the straight line on a map."
url: https://orbitflights.app/routes/ams-to-bkk
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AMS → BKK

# Amsterdam to Bangkok: distance, flight time and the route it really takes

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Suvarnabhumi is 9,208 km of great circle — 5,721 mi — and an estimated 11h 57m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Asia.

**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](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 57th longest.

The Amsterdam to Bangkok route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe

## 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.

One economy seat on it is about 1.30 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

[AMS–BKK carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=AMS&to=BKK) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=AMS-BKK)

From

AMS

## Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Amsterdam, Netherlands · Europe

52.3°N, 4.8°E

[AMS airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/ams) [Flights to Amsterdam →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/amsterdam)

To

BKK

## Suvarnabhumi

Bangkok, Thailand · Asia

13.7°N, 100.7°E

[BKK airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/bkk) [Flights to Bangkok →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/bangkok)

## 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.

[Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained)

## Flown this one?

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## Nearby routes

[LHR → BKK London to Bangkok 9,578 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-bkk) [VIE → BKK Vienna to Bangkok 8,451 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/vie-to-bkk) [AMS → SIN Amsterdam to Singapore 10,514 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ams-to-sin) [IST → BKK Istanbul to Bangkok 7,514 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ist-to-bkk) [AMS → JFK Amsterdam to New York 5,848 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ams-to-jfk) [AMS → DXB Amsterdam to Dubai 5,169 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ams-to-dxb)

## Further reading

[How many miles do you have to fly around the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/how-many-miles-to-fly-around-the-world) [What is on the exact opposite side of the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/opposite-side-of-the-world) [What's actually worth counting in a flight log](https://orbitflights.app/blog/what-is-worth-counting-in-a-flight-log)

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