- Great circle
- 3,394 km
- 2,109 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 4h 43m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 44.6°N
- at 0% along
- One lap of Earth
- 8.5%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 161st longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Bucharest the path crosses Turkey, then Iraq, then Iran.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 44.6°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 Bucharest the aircraft points south-east (119°); it arrives into Dubai heading south-east (137°). That is 17° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.
OTP
Bucharest Henri Coandă
Bucharest, Romania · Europe
44.6°N, 26.1°E
Bucharest to Dubai, asked and answered
- How far is Bucharest to Dubai?
- Bucharest to Dubai (OTP to DXB) is 3,394 km, or 2,109 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Bucharest to Dubai?
- About 4h 43m 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 Bucharest to Dubai flight take?
- The great circle passes over Turkey, then Iraq, then Iran. It reaches 44.6°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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