- Great circle
- 3,030 km
- 1,883 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 4h 16m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 41.3°N
- at 0% along
- One lap of Earth
- 7.6%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 168th longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Istanbul the path crosses Turkey, then Syria, then Iraq, then Iran, then 379 km of open water.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 41.3°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 Istanbul the aircraft points south-east (118°); it arrives into Dubai heading south-east (133°). That is 15° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.
Istanbul to Dubai, asked and answered
- How far is Istanbul to Dubai?
- Istanbul to Dubai (IST to DXB) is 3,030 km, or 1,883 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Istanbul to Dubai?
- About 4h 16m 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 Istanbul to Dubai flight take?
- The great circle passes over Turkey, then Syria, then Iraq, then Iran, then 379 km of open water. It reaches 41.3°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.
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