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title: "Rome to Dubai (FCO → DXB): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Rome to Dubai is 4,343 km (2,699 mi) great circle, an estimated 5h 54m 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/fco-to-dxb
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FCO → DXB

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

Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci to Dubai is 4,343 km of great circle — 2,699 mi — and an estimated 5h 54m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Asia.

**Great circle**
4,343 km
2,699 mi

**Estimated in the air**
5h 54m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
41.8°N
at 0% along

**One lap of Earth**
10.8%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 139th longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Rome the path crosses Italy, then Greece, then Turkey, then Syria, then Iraq, then 858 km of open water.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 41.8°N, 0% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 4,377 km. That is 33 km further, about 1% more, and roughly 2m of extra flying.

Leaving Rome the aircraft points east (101°); it arrives into Dubai heading south-east (126°). That is 25° 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 615 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

From

FCO

## Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci

Rome, Italy · Europe

41.8°N, 12.3°E

[FCO airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/fco) [Flights to Rome →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/rome)

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)

## Rome to Dubai, asked and answered

**How far is Rome to Dubai?**
Rome to Dubai (FCO to DXB) is 4,343 km, or 2,699 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Rome to Dubai?**
About 5h 54m 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 Rome to Dubai flight take?**
The great circle passes over Italy, then Greece, then Turkey, then Syria, then Iraq, then 858 km of open water. It reaches 41.8°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

[ZRH → DXB Zurich to Dubai 4,769 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/zrh-to-dxb) [FRA → DXB Frankfurt to Dubai 4,845 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/fra-to-dxb) [DXB → BKK Dubai to Bangkok 4,903 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/dxb-to-bkk) [DXB → NBO Dubai to Nairobi 3,559 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/dxb-to-nbo) [AMS → DXB Amsterdam to Dubai 5,169 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ams-to-dxb) [CDG → DXB Paris to Dubai 5,239 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-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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