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title: "Dubai to Bangkok (DXB → BKK): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Dubai to Bangkok is 4,903 km (3,047 mi) great circle, an estimated 6h 36m 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-bkk
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DXB → BKK

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

Dubai to Suvarnabhumi is 4,903 km of great circle — 3,047 mi — and an estimated 6h 36m in the air. Both ends are in Asia.

**Great circle**
4,903 km
3,047 mi

**Estimated in the air**
6h 36m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
25.2°N
at 0% along

**One lap of Earth**
12.2%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 132nd longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Dubai the path crosses 1,275 km of open water, then India, then 1,054 km of open water, then Myanmar, then Thailand.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 25.2°N, 0% of the way along.

Holding a single compass bearing the whole way would cover almost exactly the same ground, so on this route the flat map and the globe agree.

Leaving Dubai the aircraft points east (96°); it arrives into Bangkok heading east (112°). That is 16° 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 695 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

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

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)

## Dubai to Bangkok, asked and answered

**How far is Dubai to Bangkok?**
Dubai to Bangkok (DXB to BKK) is 4,903 km, or 3,047 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Dubai to Bangkok?**
About 6h 36m 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 Bangkok flight take?**
The great circle passes over 1,275 km of open water, then India, then 1,054 km of open water, then Myanmar, then Thailand. It reaches 25.2°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

[FRA → DXB Frankfurt to Dubai 4,845 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/fra-to-dxb) [ZRH → DXB Zurich to Dubai 4,769 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/zrh-to-dxb) [AMS → DXB Amsterdam to Dubai 5,169 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ams-to-dxb) [HND → BKK Tokyo to Bangkok 4,590 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/hnd-to-bkk) [CDG → DXB Paris to Dubai 5,239 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-dxb) [FCO → DXB Rome to Dubai 4,343 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/fco-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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