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DXB Dubai ⇄ AKL Auckland

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

Distance14,199 km8,823 mi7,667 nautical miles
DXB → AKL16 h 30 minestimated block time
AKL → DXB17 h 55 minestimated block time
Clock change+9 hAuckland vs Dubai, today
Great-circle route from Dubai (DXB) to Auckland (AKL)DXBDubaiAKLAuckland
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

DXB → AKL

16 h 30 min

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

Leave Dubai Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Auckland Sun 8 Nov, 11:30 local +1 day.

AKL → DXB

17 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 275° (W).

Leave Auckland Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Dubai Sat 7 Nov, 18:55 local.

DXB-bound flights are the slower direction by about 85 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 distance14,199 km · 8,823 mi · 7,667 nmi
Initial heading118° (ESE) from DXB; 275° (W) from AKL
Farthest from the equator37.0°S
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip71% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

DXBAsia/Dubai — UTC+4 now; UTC+4 all year (no daylight saving time)
AKLPacific/Auckland — UTC+13 now; UTC+12 standard time, UTC+13 during daylight saving time
DifferenceAuckland is 9 hours ahead of Dubai today; +9 h in January and +8 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying DXB → AKL. Your body clock has to move 9 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 9 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

DXB Dubai International AirportDubai, United Arab Emirates · longest runway 14,590 ft4,447 m AKL Auckland International AirportAuckland, New Zealand · longest runway 11,926 ft3,635 m

More routes from DXB and AKL

DXBRUH Dubai – Riyadh 874 km543 mi · 2 h 05 min ADDDXB Addis Ababa – Dubai 2,519 km1,565 mi · 3 h 50 min DXBBKK Dubai – Bangkok 4,903 km3,047 mi · 6 h 20 min DXBSIN Dubai – Singapore 5,846 km3,632 mi · 7 h 30 min DXBJFK Dubai – New York 11,002 km6,836 mi · 14 h 30 min DXBLAX Dubai – Los Angeles 13,400 km8,327 mi · 16 h 25 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 DOHAKL Doha – Auckland 14,534 km9,031 mi · 16 h 50 min

Routes of a similar length

LAXSIN Los Angeles – Singapore 14,102 km8,762 mi · 18 h 25 min DFWMEL Dallas–Fort Worth – Melbourne 14,475 km8,995 mi · 18 h 15 min LHRPER London – Perth 14,508 km9,015 mi · 16 h 45 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).