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Route · Middle East and the Gulf hubs

DOH Doha ⇄ BKK Bangkok

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

Distance5,280 km3,281 mi2,851 nautical miles
DOH → BKK6 h 45 minestimated block time
BKK → DOH7 h 20 minestimated block time
Clock change+4 hBangkok vs Doha, today
Great-circle route from Doha (DOH) to Bangkok (BKK)DOHDohaBKKBangkok
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 → BKK

6 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 94° (E).

Leave Doha Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Bangkok Sat 7 Nov, 20:45 local.

BKK → DOH

7 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 292° (WNW).

Leave Bangkok Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Doha Sat 7 Nov, 13:20 local.

DOH-bound flights are the slower direction by about 35 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 distance5,280 km · 3,281 mi · 2,851 nmi
Initial heading94° (E) from DOH; 292° (WNW) from BKK
Farthest from the equator25.3°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip26% 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)
BKKAsia/Bangkok — UTC+7 now; UTC+7 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceBangkok is 4 hours ahead of Doha today.

Jet lag, flying DOH → BKK. Your body clock has to move 4 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 4 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 BKK Suvarnabhumi AirportBangkok, Thailand · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m

More routes from DOH and BKK

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 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 DOHAKL Doha – Auckland 14,534 km9,031 mi · 16 h 50 min BKKCNX Bangkok – Chiang Mai 597 km371 mi · 1 h 45 min BKKHAN Bangkok – Hanoi 995 km618 mi · 2 h 10 min SINBKK Singapore – Bangkok 1,417 km880 mi · 2 h 40 min DXBBKK Dubai – Bangkok 4,903 km3,047 mi · 6 h 20 min SYDBKK Sydney – Bangkok 7,515 km4,669 mi · 9 h 50 min LHRBKK London – Bangkok 9,578 km5,951 mi · 11 h 15 min

Routes of a similar length

YYZDUB Toronto – Dublin 5,261 km3,269 mi · 6 h 35 min SINHND Singapore – Tokyo 5,300 km3,293 mi · 6 h 50 min BOSLHR Boston – London 5,240 km3,256 mi · 6 h 30 min DXBCDG Dubai – Paris 5,239 km3,255 mi · 7 h 35 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).