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title: "Zurich to Singapore (ZRH → SIN): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Zurich to Singapore is 10,306 km (6,404 mi) great circle, an estimated 13h 18m 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-sin
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ZRH → SIN

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

Zürich to Singapore Changi is 10,306 km of great circle — 6,404 mi — and an estimated 13h 18m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Asia.

**Great circle**
10,306 km
6,404 mi

**Estimated in the air**
13h 18m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
47.7°N
at 5% along

**One lap of Earth**
25.7%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 37th longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Zurich the path crosses Austria, then Hungary, then Romania, then Moldova, then Ukraine, then Russia, then 541 km of open water, then Turkmenistan, then Afghanistan, then Pakistan, then India, then 2,216 km of open water, then Malaysia.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 47.7°N, 5% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 10,606 km. That is 301 km further, about 3% more, and roughly 22m of extra flying.

Leaving Zurich the aircraft points east (85°); it arrives into Singapore heading south-east (138°). That is 53° 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 1.46 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

From

ZRH

## Zürich

Zurich, Switzerland · Europe

47.5°N, 8.5°E

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

To

SIN

## Singapore Changi

Singapore, Singapore · Asia

1.4°N, 104.0°E

[SIN airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/sin) [Flights to Singapore →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/singapore)

## Zurich to Singapore, asked and answered

**How far is Zurich to Singapore?**
Zurich to Singapore (ZRH to SIN) is 10,306 km, or 6,404 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Zurich to Singapore?**
About 13h 18m 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 Singapore flight take?**
The great circle passes over Austria, then Hungary, then Romania, then Moldova, then Ukraine, then Russia, then 541 km of open water, then Turkmenistan, then Afghanistan, then Pakistan, then India, then 2,216 km of open water, then Malaysia. It reaches 47.7°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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## Nearby routes

[FRA → SIN Frankfurt to Singapore 10,280 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/fra-to-sin) [AMS → SIN Amsterdam to Singapore 10,514 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ams-to-sin) [CDG → SIN Paris to Singapore 10,724 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-sin) [LHR → SIN London to Singapore 10,883 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-sin) [IST → SIN Istanbul to Singapore 8,681 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ist-to-sin) [SFO → SIN San Francisco to Singapore 13,582 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/sfo-to-sin)

## 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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