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Route · Middle East and the Gulf hubs

DOH Doha ⇄ AKL Auckland

Hamad International Airport (Qatar) and Auckland International Airport (New Zealand): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance14,534 km9,031 mi7,848 nautical miles
DOH → AKL16 h 50 minestimated block time
AKL → DOH18 h 20 minestimated block time
Clock change+10 hAuckland vs Doha, today
Great-circle route from Doha (DOH) to Auckland (AKL)DOHDohaAKLAuckland
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

DOH → AKL

16 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 118° (ESE).

Leave Doha Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Auckland Sun 8 Nov, 12:50 local +1 day.

AKL → DOH

18 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 273° (W).

Leave Auckland Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Doha Sat 7 Nov, 18:20 local.

DOH-bound flights are the slower direction by about 90 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance14,534 km · 9,031 mi · 7,848 nmi
Initial heading118° (ESE) from DOH; 273° (W) from AKL
Farthest from the equator37.0°S
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip73% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

DOHAsia/Qatar — UTC+3 now; UTC+3 all year (no daylight saving time)
AKLPacific/Auckland — UTC+13 now; UTC+12 standard time, UTC+13 during daylight saving time
DifferenceAuckland is 10 hours ahead of Doha today; +10 h in January and +9 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying DOH → AKL. Your body clock has to move 10 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 10 days to fully adjust. Shifting earlier (as here) is usually the harder direction; morning daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

DOH Hamad International AirportDoha, Qatar · longest runway 15,912 ft4,850 m AKL Auckland International AirportAuckland, New Zealand · longest runway 11,926 ft3,635 m

More routes from DOH and AKL

DOHDEL Doha – Delhi 2,548 km1,583 mi · 3 h 45 min DOHCDG Doha – Paris 4,969 km3,087 mi · 7 h 10 min DOHLHR Doha – London 5,241 km3,257 mi · 7 h 30 min DOHBKK Doha – Bangkok 5,280 km3,281 mi · 6 h 45 min DOHJFK Doha – New York 10,770 km6,692 mi · 14 h 15 min DOHSYD Doha – Sydney 12,375 km7,689 mi · 14 h 40 min AKLWLG Auckland – Wellington 480 km298 mi · 1 h 35 min AKLNAN Auckland – Nadi (Fiji) 2,156 km1,340 mi · 3 h 30 min MELAKL Melbourne – Auckland 2,637 km1,639 mi · 3 h 45 min HNLAKL Honolulu – Auckland 7,089 km4,405 mi · 9 h 15 min SFOAKL San Francisco – Auckland 10,510 km6,530 mi · 13 h 25 min AKLJFK Auckland – New York 14,215 km8,833 mi · 16 h 30 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRPER London – Perth 14,508 km9,015 mi · 16 h 45 min DFWMEL Dallas–Fort Worth – Melbourne 14,475 km8,995 mi · 18 h 15 min LAXSIN Los Angeles – Singapore 14,102 km8,762 mi · 18 h 25 min IAHSYD Houston – Sydney 13,836 km8,597 mi · 17 h 25 min

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).