- Great circle
- 4,769 km
- 2,963 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 6h 26m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 47.5°N
- at 0% along
- One lap of Earth
- 11.9%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 135th longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Zurich the path crosses Austria, then Italy, then Slovenia, then Croatia, then Serbia, then Bulgaria, then Turkey, then Syria, then Iraq, then Iran.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 47.5°N, 0% of the way along.
Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 4,819 km. That is 50 km further, about 1% more, and roughly 4m of extra flying.
Leaving Zurich the aircraft points east (104°); it arrives into Dubai heading south-east (134°). That is 29° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.
Zurich to Dubai, asked and answered
- How far is Zurich to Dubai?
- Zurich to Dubai (ZRH to DXB) is 4,769 km, or 2,963 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Zurich to Dubai?
- About 6h 26m 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 Zurich to Dubai flight take?
- The great circle passes over Austria, then Italy, then Slovenia, then Croatia, then Serbia, then Bulgaria, then Turkey, then Syria, then Iraq, then Iran. It reaches 47.5°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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