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Dubai (DXB) – Istanbul (SAW)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
2,970 km
1,845 mi · 1,604 nm
Flight time
4 h 20 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
1 h
CO2 per passenger
373 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (221 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
405,538
2024 · +15.9%
Flights / week
53
Both directions, average
Seats filled
76%
536,404 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
—
Not named in this source

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

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

The way there

Heading from DXB
312°
Heading from SAW
118°
Halfway point
33.76, 43.52
Great-circle km
2,968 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Istanbul is 1 h behind Dubai

The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: February 2024: 36,959 passengers
020K40KJanFeb37KMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month Passengers
Jan 202430,522
Feb 202436,959
Mar 202434,063
Apr 202431,205
May 202429,044
Jun 202432,422
Jul 202434,368
Aug 202436,934
Sep 202433,196
Oct 202436,532
Nov 202434,555
Dec 202435,738
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: October 2024: 248 flights
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Month Flights
Jan 2024203
Feb 2024213
Mar 2024241
Apr 2024201
May 2024205
Jun 2024226
Jul 2024245
Aug 2024240
Sep 2024240
Oct 2024248
Nov 2024239
Dec 2024248

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 2,968 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.

Every airport pair between Dubai and Istanbul

ISTSAW
DXB3,0322,970
DWC3,0432,981

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

Route Distance Passengers / year
SAW → AYT462 km 2,355,511
SAW → ADB343 km 1,722,834
SAW → ECN736 km 1,547,419
SAW → TZX882 km 1,403,913
SAW → ESB324 km 1,327,226
SAW → BJV429 km 1,196,569
SAW → DLM467 km 1,001,953
SAW → ASR580 km 973,410
SAW → GZT833 km 907,101
SAW → STN2,524 km 877,269

Questions

Dubai (DXB) and Istanbul (SAW) are 2,970 km (1,845 miles, 1,604 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.