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title: "Vienna to Bangkok (VIE → BKK): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Vienna to Bangkok is 8,451 km (5,251 mi) great circle, an estimated 11h 00m 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/vie-to-bkk
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VIE → BKK

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

Vienna to Suvarnabhumi is 8,451 km of great circle — 5,251 mi — and an estimated 11h 00m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Asia.

**Great circle**
8,451 km
5,251 mi

**Estimated in the air**
11h 00m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
48.3°N
at 6% along

**One lap of Earth**
21.1%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 73rd longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Vienna the path crosses Slovakia, then Hungary, then Ukraine, then Russia, then Kazakhstan, then Uzbekistan, then Tajikistan, then Afghanistan, then Pakistan, then India, then China, then Nepal, then India, then Bangladesh, then Myanmar, then Thailand.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 48.3°N, 6% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 8,707 km. That is 256 km further, about 3% more, and roughly 19m of extra flying.

Leaving Vienna the aircraft points east (85°); it arrives into Bangkok heading south-east (137°). That is 52° 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 1.20 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

From

VIE

## Vienna

Vienna, Austria · Europe

48.1°N, 16.6°E

[VIE airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/vie)

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)

## Vienna to Bangkok, asked and answered

**How far is Vienna to Bangkok?**
Vienna to Bangkok (VIE to BKK) is 8,451 km, or 5,251 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Vienna to Bangkok?**
About 11h 00m 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 Vienna to Bangkok flight take?**
The great circle passes over Slovakia, then Hungary, then Ukraine, then Russia, then Kazakhstan, then Uzbekistan, then Tajikistan, then Afghanistan, then Pakistan, then India, then China, then Nepal, then India, then Bangladesh, then Myanmar, then Thailand. It reaches 48.3°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.

[Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained)

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## Nearby routes

[AMS → BKK Amsterdam to Bangkok 9,208 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ams-to-bkk) [IST → BKK Istanbul to Bangkok 7,514 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ist-to-bkk) [LHR → BKK London to Bangkok 9,578 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-bkk) [DXB → BKK Dubai to Bangkok 4,903 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/dxb-to-bkk) [HND → BKK Tokyo to Bangkok 4,590 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/hnd-to-bkk) [ICN → BKK Seoul to Bangkok 3,669 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/icn-to-bkk)

## 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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