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title: "Amsterdam to Dubai (AMS → DXB): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Amsterdam to Dubai is 5,169 km (3,212 mi) great circle, an estimated 6h 55m 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-dxb
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AMS → DXB

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

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Dubai is 5,169 km of great circle — 3,212 mi — and an estimated 6h 55m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Asia.

**Great circle**
5,169 km
3,212 mi

**Estimated in the air**
6h 55m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
52.3°N
at 0% along

**One lap of Earth**
12.9%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 126th longest.

The Amsterdam to Dubai 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 Czechia, then Slovakia, then Hungary, then Romania, then 543 km of open water, then Turkey, then Iraq, then Iran.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 52.3°N, 0% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 5,241 km. That is 72 km further, about 1% more, and roughly 5m of extra flying.

Leaving Amsterdam the aircraft points east (105°); it arrives into Dubai heading south-east (139°). That is 34° 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 732 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

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

DXB

## Dubai

Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Asia

25.2°N, 55.4°E

[DXB airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/dxb) [Flights to Dubai →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/dubai)

## Amsterdam to Dubai, asked and answered

**How far is Amsterdam to Dubai?**
Amsterdam to Dubai (AMS to DXB) is 5,169 km, or 3,212 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Amsterdam to Dubai?**
About 6h 55m 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 Dubai flight take?**
The great circle passes over Netherlands, then Germany, then Czechia, then Slovakia, then Hungary, then Romania, then 543 km of open water, then Turkey, then Iraq, then Iran. It reaches 52.3°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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[Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit)

## Nearby routes

[CDG → DXB Paris to Dubai 5,239 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-dxb) [DXB → BKK Dubai to Bangkok 4,903 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/dxb-to-bkk) [FRA → DXB Frankfurt to Dubai 4,845 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/fra-to-dxb) [LHR → DXB London to Dubai 5,498 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-dxb) [ZRH → DXB Zurich to Dubai 4,769 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/zrh-to-dxb) [MAD → DXB Madrid to Dubai 5,650 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mad-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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