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title: "Paris to Dubai (CDG → DXB): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Paris to Dubai is 5,239 km (3,255 mi) great circle, an estimated 7h 01m 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/cdg-to-dxb
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CDG → DXB

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

Charles de Gaulle to Dubai is 5,239 km of great circle — 3,255 mi — and an estimated 7h 01m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Asia.

**Great circle**
5,239 km
3,255 mi

**Estimated in the air**
7h 01m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
49.0°N
at 0% along

**One lap of Earth**
13.1%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 125th longest.

The Paris to Dubai route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Paris the path crosses France, then Germany, then Austria, then Serbia, then Romania, then Bulgaria, then Turkey, then Syria, then Iraq, then Iran.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 49.0°N, 0% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 5,313 km. That is 74 km further, about 1% more, and roughly 6m of extra flying.

Leaving Paris the aircraft points east (100°); it arrives into Dubai heading south-east (135°). 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 742 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

From

CDG

## Charles de Gaulle

Paris, France · Europe

49.0°N, 2.6°E

[CDG airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/cdg) [Flights to Paris →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/paris)

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)

## Paris to Dubai, asked and answered

**How far is Paris to Dubai?**
Paris to Dubai (CDG to DXB) is 5,239 km, or 3,255 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Paris to Dubai?**
About 7h 01m 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 Paris to Dubai flight take?**
The great circle passes over France, then Germany, then Austria, then Serbia, then Romania, then Bulgaria, then Turkey, then Syria, then Iraq, then Iran. It reaches 49.0°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

[AMS → DXB Amsterdam to Dubai 5,169 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ams-to-dxb) [LHR → DXB London to Dubai 5,498 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-dxb) [CDG → DOH Paris to Doha 4,969 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-doh) [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) [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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