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FRA Frankfurt ⇄ DEL Delhi

Frankfurt Main Airport (Germany) and Indira Gandhi International Airport (India): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance6,122 km3,804 mi3,306 nautical miles
FRA → DEL7 h 25 minestimated block time
DEL → FRA8 h 40 minestimated block time
Clock change+4 h 30 minDelhi vs Frankfurt, today
Great-circle route from Frankfurt (FRA) to Delhi (DEL)FRAFrankfurtDELDelhi
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

FRA → DEL

7 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 86° (E).

Leave Frankfurt Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Delhi Sat 7 Nov, 21:55 local.

DEL → FRA

8 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 313° (NW).

Leave Delhi Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Frankfurt Sat 7 Nov, 14:10 local.

FRA-bound flights are the slower direction by about 75 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 distance6,122 km · 3,804 mi · 3,306 nmi
Initial heading86° (E) from FRA; 313° (NW) from DEL
Farthest from the equator50.2°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip31% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

FRAEurope/Berlin — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DELAsia/Kolkata — UTC+5:30 now; UTC+5:30 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceDelhi is 4 h 30 min ahead of Frankfurt today; +4 h 30 min in January and +3 h 30 min in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying FRA → DEL. Your body clock has to move 4 h 30 min 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 5 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

FRA Frankfurt Main AirportFrankfurt, Germany · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m DEL Indira Gandhi International AirportDelhi, India · longest runway 14,534 ft4,430 m

More routes from FRA and DEL

FRABER Frankfurt – Berlin 431 km268 mi · 1 h 30 min JFKFRA New York – Frankfurt 6,189 km3,846 mi · 7 h 35 min ATLFRA Atlanta – Frankfurt 7,409 km4,604 mi · 8 h 50 min IAHFRA Houston – Frankfurt 8,402 km5,221 mi · 9 h 55 min FRABKK Frankfurt – Bangkok 9,000 km5,593 mi · 10 h 35 min FRASIN Frankfurt – Singapore 10,280 km6,388 mi · 12 h 05 min DELKTM Delhi – Kathmandu 816 km507 mi · 1 h 55 min DELHYD Delhi – Hyderabad 1,267 km787 mi · 2 h 30 min DELBLR Delhi – Bengaluru 1,709 km1,062 mi · 3 h SINDEL Singapore – Delhi 4,159 km2,584 mi · 5 h 55 min CDGDEL Paris – Delhi 6,565 km4,080 mi · 7 h 55 min SYDDEL Sydney – Delhi 10,435 km6,484 mi · 13 h 20 min

Routes of a similar length

HNLNRT Honolulu – Tokyo 6,136 km3,813 mi · 8 h 40 min JFKBCN New York – Barcelona 6,150 km3,822 mi · 7 h 25 min JFKCPH New York – Copenhagen 6,189 km3,846 mi · 7 h 40 min HNLHND Honolulu – Tokyo 6,191 km3,847 mi · 8 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).