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title: "Zurich to Dubai (ZRH → DXB): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Zurich to Dubai is 4,769 km (2,963 mi) great circle, an estimated 6h 26m 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/zrh-to-dxb
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ZRH → DXB

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

Zürich to Dubai is 4,769 km of great circle — 2,963 mi — and an estimated 6h 26m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Asia.

**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](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 135th longest.

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

## 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.

One economy seat on it is about 675 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

From

ZRH

## Zürich

Zurich, Switzerland · Europe

47.5°N, 8.5°E

[ZRH airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/zrh)

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)

## 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.

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

## Flown this one?

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[Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit)

## Nearby routes

[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) [AMS → DXB Amsterdam to Dubai 5,169 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ams-to-dxb) [FCO → DXB Rome to Dubai 4,343 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/fco-to-dxb) [CDG → DXB Paris to Dubai 5,239 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-dxb) [LHR → DXB London to Dubai 5,498 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-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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