Dubai (DXB) – Geneva (GVA)

Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
4,926 km
3,061 mi · 2,660 nm
Flight time
6 h 35 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
3 h / 2 h
January / July
CO2 per passenger
576 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (341 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
315,227
2024 · −2.6%
Flights / week
28
Both directions, average
Seats filled
69%
458,750 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
—
Not named in this source

Traffic: Eurostat (avia_par_ch), reported by the airport in Switzerland, 2024. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

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

The way there

Heading from DXB
311°
Heading from GVA
101°
Halfway point
38.34, 34.22
Great-circle km
4,920 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
3 h in January, 2 h in July

The estimate for a route without real times is 6 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: August 2024: 33,001 passengers
020K40KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug33KSepOctNovDec
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Month Passengers
Jan 202427,205
Feb 202427,770
Mar 202426,184
Apr 202428,991
May 202421,732
Jun 202423,920
Jul 202431,405
Aug 202433,001
Sep 202420,224
Oct 202425,569
Nov 202421,092
Dec 202428,134
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: December 2024: 127 flights
050100150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec127
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Month Flights
Jan 2024126
Feb 2024112
Mar 2024124
Apr 2024120
May 2024124
Jun 2024121
Jul 2024124
Aug 2024125
Sep 2024121
Oct 2024126
Nov 2024120
Dec 2024127

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 4,920 km.

DXB Dubai → GVA Geneva

EU261€600 for arriving 3 hours or more late (€300 if 3–4 hours).

Covers EU, EEA or Swiss airlines only.

GVA Geneva → DXB Dubai

EU261€600 for arriving 3 hours or more late (€300 if 3–4 hours).

Covers any airline.

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.

Every airport pair between Dubai and Geneva

GVA
DXB4,926
DWC4,936

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Dubai airports

More routes from DXB

Route Distance Passengers / year
DXB → BOM1,927 km 2,390,373
DXB → DEL2,186 km 2,174,793
DXB → IST3,032 km 1,429,665
DXB → CDG5,245 km 1,268,474
DXB → HYD2,548 km 1,032,477
DXB → AMS5,175 km 991,087
DXB → COK2,780 km 987,678
DXB → MAA2,933 km 943,633
DXB → FRA4,849 km 940,081
DXB → BLR2,694 km 890,558

More routes from GVA

Route Distance Passengers / year
GVA → LHR755 km 1,033,466
GVA → OPO1,311 km 809,526
GVA → LGW716 km 758,331
GVA → LIS1,498 km 716,106
GVA → AMS682 km 641,328
GVA → CDG408 km 558,129
GVA → MAD1,010 km 548,980
GVA → BCN638 km 539,963
GVA → BRU532 km 526,592
GVA → ZRH230 km 472,510

Questions

Dubai (DXB) and Geneva (GVA) are 4,926 km (3,061 miles, 2,660 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.