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BOM Mumbai ⇄ MLE Malé

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (India) and Velana International Airport (Maldives): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,658 km1,030 mi895 nautical miles
BOM → MLE2 h 55 minestimated block time
MLE → BOM2 h 55 minestimated block time
Clock change−30 minutesMalé vs Mumbai, today
Great-circle route from Mumbai (BOM) to Malé (MLE)BOMMumbaiMLEMalé
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

BOM → MLE

2 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 177° (S).

Leave Mumbai Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Malé Sat 7 Nov, 12:25 local.

MLE → BOM

2 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 358° (N).

Leave Malé Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Mumbai Sat 7 Nov, 13:25 local.

The two directions differ by 0 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,658 km · 1,030 mi · 895 nmi
Initial heading177° (S) from BOM; 358° (N) from MLE
Farthest from the equator19.1°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip8% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

BOMAsia/Kolkata — UTC+5:30 now; UTC+5:30 all year (no daylight saving time)
MLEIndian/Maldives — UTC+5 now; UTC+5 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceMalé is 30 minutes behind Mumbai today.

Jet lag, flying BOM → MLE. Your body clock has to move 30 minutes later, like a westward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

BOM Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportMumbai, India · longest runway 11,511 ft3,509 m MLE Velana International AirportMalé, Maldives · longest runway 11,155 ft3,400 m

More routes from BOM and MLE

BOMBLR Mumbai – Bengaluru 834 km518 mi · 2 h BOMDEL Mumbai – Delhi 1,137 km706 mi · 2 h 20 min BOMCCU Mumbai – Kolkata 1,666 km1,035 mi · 2 h 50 min AUHBOM Abu Dhabi – Mumbai 1,971 km1,225 mi · 3 h 10 min SINBOM Singapore – Mumbai 3,922 km2,437 mi · 5 h 35 min LHRBOM London – Mumbai 7,213 km4,482 mi · 8 h 40 min CMBMLE Colombo – Malé 778 km483 mi · 1 h 55 min DXBMLE Dubai – Malé 3,040 km1,889 mi · 4 h 25 min LHRMLE London – Malé 8,539 km5,306 mi · 10 h 15 min

Routes of a similar length

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Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).