The long way round
Flights that detour around closed airspace, and how much longer that makes them.
22Routes
11Airports
~15h 35mLongest
Tokyo–London, +2,066 kmBiggest detour
Every route in this group
Popular routes, A to Z →11 city pairs
Longest first. Each direction is its own page: going out and coming back, the sun lands on different sides.
Tokyo ⇄ London~15h 35m · 11,658 km
Also in: Twelve hours plus
London ⇄ Singapore~12h 40m · 11,047 km
Also in: Twelve hours plus
Hong Kong ⇄ London~13h 50m · 10,326 km
Also in: Twelve hours plus
Mumbai ⇄ London~10h 5m · 7,450 km
New Delhi ⇄ London~9h 25m · 6,885 km
Dubai ⇄ London~7h 50m · 5,680 km
Abu Dhabi ⇄ London~7h 50m · 5,653 km
Doha ⇄ London~7h 25m · 5,340 km
Dubai ⇄ Istanbul~4h 40m · 3,230 km
Addis Ababa ⇄ Dubai~3h 25m · 2,622 km
New Delhi ⇄ Doha~3h 50m · 2,602 km
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Over the date line 16Somewhere over the Pacific, the calendar skips a day or repeats one.
Over the top 8Routes that arc past 60° north: a detour on a flat map, the shortest way on a globe.
Across the equator 32You take off in one hemisphere's season and land in the other's.
Twelve hours plus 16Half a day in the air. Does one window win the whole way?