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DUS Düsseldorf ⇄ AYT Antalya

Düsseldorf Airport (Germany) and Antalya International Airport (Turkey): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance2,479 km1,540 mi1,338 nautical miles
DUS → AYT3 h 40 minestimated block time
AYT → DUS4 h 05 minestimated block time
Clock change+2 hAntalya vs Düsseldorf, today
Great-circle route from Düsseldorf (DUS) to Antalya (AYT)DUSDüsseldorfAYTAntalya
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

DUS → AYT

3 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 121° (ESE).

Leave Düsseldorf Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Antalya Sat 7 Nov, 15:40 local.

AYT → DUS

4 h 05 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 318° (NW).

Leave Antalya Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Düsseldorf Sat 7 Nov, 12:05 local.

DUS-bound flights are the slower direction by about 25 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 distance2,479 km · 1,540 mi · 1,338 nmi
Initial heading121° (ESE) from DUS; 318° (NW) from AYT
Farthest from the equator51.3°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip12% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

DUSEurope/Berlin — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
AYTEurope/Istanbul — UTC+3 now; UTC+3 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceAntalya is 2 hours ahead of Düsseldorf today; +2 h in January and +1 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying DUS → AYT. Your body clock has to move 2 hours earlier, like an eastward 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

DUS Düsseldorf AirportDüsseldorf, Germany · longest runway 9,842 ft3,000 m AYT Antalya International AirportAntalya, Turkey · longest runway 11,155 ft3,400 m

More routes from DUS and AYT

DUSPMI Düsseldorf – Palma de Mallorca 1,342 km834 mi · 2 h 35 min ISTAYT Istanbul – Antalya 518 km322 mi · 1 h 35 min LGWAYT London – Antalya 2,908 km1,807 mi · 4 h 05 min MANAYT Manchester – Antalya 3,131 km1,945 mi · 4 h 20 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRIST London – Istanbul 2,487 km1,546 mi · 3 h 40 min JFKMBJ New York – Montego Bay 2,493 km1,549 mi · 3 h 55 min LIMSCL Lima – Santiago 2,462 km1,530 mi · 3 h 50 min LAXMEX Los Angeles – Mexico City 2,500 km1,554 mi · 3 h 45 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).