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title: "Dubai to Auckland (DXB → AKL): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Dubai to Auckland is 14,199 km (8,823 mi) great circle, an estimated 18h 09m 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/dxb-to-akl
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DXB → AKL

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

Dubai to Auckland is 14,199 km of great circle — 8,823 mi — and an estimated 18h 09m in the air. It crosses from Asia to Oceania.

**Great circle**
14,199 km
8,823 mi

**Estimated in the air**
18h 09m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
37.0°S
at 100% along

**One lap of Earth**
35.4%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 8th longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Dubai the path crosses 1,952 km of open water, then India, then 5,609 km of open water, then Australia, then 2,130 km of open water.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 37.0°S, 100% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 14,312 km. That is 113 km further, about 1% more, and roughly 8m of extra flying.

Leaving Dubai the aircraft points south-east (118°); it arrives into Auckland heading east (95°). That is 23° 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 2.01 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

From

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)

To

AKL

## Auckland

Auckland, New Zealand · Oceania

37.0°S, 174.8°E

[AKL airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/akl) [Flights to Auckland →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/auckland)

## Dubai to Auckland, asked and answered

**How far is Dubai to Auckland?**
Dubai to Auckland (DXB to AKL) is 14,199 km, or 8,823 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Dubai to Auckland?**
About 18h 09m 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 Dubai to Auckland flight take?**
The great circle passes over 1,952 km of open water, then India, then 5,609 km of open water, then Australia, then 2,130 km of open water. It reaches 37.0°S 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

[AKL → JFK Auckland to New York 14,215 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/akl-to-jfk) [DOH → AKL Doha to Auckland 14,534 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/doh-to-akl) [LAX → AKL Los Angeles to Auckland 10,487 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-akl) [DXB → MNL Dubai to Manila 6,905 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/dxb-to-mnl) [DXB → JNB Dubai to Johannesburg 6,413 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/dxb-to-jnb) [DXB → SIN Dubai to Singapore 5,846 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/dxb-to-sin)

## 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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