Abu Dhabi (AUH) – Kannur (CNN)

Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
2,603 km
1,618 mi · 1,406 nm
Flight time
3 h 50 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
1 h 30 min
CO2 per passenger
327 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (194 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
235,073
Jan 2025 – Dec 2025 · +24.9%
Flights / week
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Not in this source
Seats filled
—
Airlines nonstop
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Not named in this source

Traffic: DGCA (India), international city-pair traffic, scheduled services, Jan 2025 – Dec 2025. DGCA marks these figures provisional. It reports cities, matched here to the airport. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

Great circle from AUH to CNNAUHCNN
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from AUH
118°
Heading from CNN
305°
Halfway point
18.47, 65.48
Great-circle km
2,604 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Kannur is 1 h 30 min ahead of Abu Dhabi

The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 2,604 km.

Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).

Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.

More routes from AUH

Route Distance Passengers / year
AUH → BOM1,973 km 1,243,936
AUH → COK2,794 km 941,568
AUH → DEL2,280 km 780,864
AUH → BLR2,724 km 672,626
AUH → MAA2,968 km 622,654
AUH → CCJ2,690 km 564,620
AUH → TRV2,954 km 526,446
AUH → HYD2,596 km 522,791
AUH → FCO4,344 km 500,868
AUH → AMD1,838 km 463,535

More routes from CNN

Route Distance Passengers / year
CNN → DOH2,919 km 191,692
CNN → SHJ2,577 km 174,620
CNN → DXB2,585 km 127,423
CNN → BLR274 km 105,189
CNN → MCT2,237 km 96,397
CNN → DEL1,849 km 92,104
CNN → BOM844 km 78,537
CNN → FJR2,494 km 69,132
CNN → HYD665 km 49,577
CNN → TRV409 km 44,524

Questions

Abu Dhabi (AUH) and Kannur (CNN) are 2,603 km (1,618 miles, 1,406 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.