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Connecting flights – when to change flights in Dubai

Dubai International Airport is one of the busiest hubs in the world – but on which routes is this the best connecting airport to choose? In our guide we have got the answer.

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Traveling by connecting flights can be a hassle, and to make the journey as comfortable as possible it is crucial to choose the right connecting airport. To give you a hand, at Flightroutes.com we have created guides to help you find your way – and in this case we help you determine when Dubai International AIrport is the best pitstop of the way.

List of flights where Dubai is the fastest connection airport

If you want to know when to pick Dubai International Airport as your connecting airport, please have a look at the list below. Here we have gathered flights where we have determined DXB to be the best option. The list contains flights chosen based on the following criteria:

  • Dubai International Airport is the fastest flight option by more than 15 minutes compared to a second option.
  • It's a connecting flight with one stop.
  • Both legs are flown by the same airline.
  • There are at least two possible connecting airports for this trip.

This list was updated on April 2024

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20 hours and 55 minutes
21 hours and 25 minutes
21 hours and 28 minutes
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From Paris to Sydney
22 hours and 30 minutes
22 hours and 50 minutes
23 hours and 15 minutes
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From Denpasar to London
18 hours and 25 minutes
18 hours and 55 minutes
19 hours
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From New York to Chennai
18 hours and 45 minutes
19 hours and 5 minutes
20 hours
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From Bengaluru to New York
19 hours and 10 minutes
19 hours and 45 minutes
19 hours and 50 minutes
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From Amsterdam to Dammam
9 hours
9 hours and 50 minutes
10 hours and 15 minutes
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From Kuala Lumpur to Cairo
12 hours and 25 minutes
12 hours and 55 minutes
13 hours and 25 minutes
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From Dublin to Bahrain
9 hours and 55 minutes
10 hours and 35 minutes
10 hours and 45 minutes
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From Melbourne to Manchester
23 hours and 45 minutes
25 hours and 5 minutes
25 hours and 8 minutes
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From Chicago to Bengaluru
19 hours and 30 minutes
19 hours and 45 minutes
20 hours and 10 minutes
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From Delhi to Dublin
12 hours and 30 minutes
13 hours and 5 minutes
13 hours and 10 minutes
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From Delhi to Oslo
11 hours and 50 minutes
12 hours and 25 minutes
13 hours
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From Paris to Brisbane
22 hours and 45 minutes
24 hours and 5 minutes
24 hours and 15 minutes
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From Jakarta to Madrid
17 hours and 45 minutes
18 hours and 20 minutes
18 hours and 30 minutes
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From Karachi to Cairo
7 hours and 35 minutes
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8 hours and 5 minutes
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From Houston to Bahrain
17 hours and 35 minutes
18 hours and 20 minutes
18 hours and 40 minutes
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From Kuala Lumpur to Brussels
15 hours and 5 minutes
15 hours and 55 minutes
15 hours and 55 minutes
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From Male to Madrid
14 hours and 5 minutes
15 hours and 10 minutes
15 hours and 10 minutes
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From Bahrain to Dallas
19 hours
19 hours and 30 minutes
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From Colombo to Brussels
12 hours and 45 minutes
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From Bangkok to Miami
23 hours and 40 minutes
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From Bengaluru to Istanbul
9 hours and 50 minutes
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From Melbourne to Dammam
17 hours and 35 minutes
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19 hours and 15 minutes
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From Muscat to Dublin
10 hours and 35 minutes
11 hours and 5 minutes
11 hours and 10 minutes
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From Bengaluru to Cairo
9 hours
9 hours and 25 minutes
10 hours and 20 minutes
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From Manchester to Karachi
11 hours
11 hours and 30 minutes
11 hours and 55 minutes
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From Male to Barcelona
12 hours and 35 minutes
13 hours and 20 minutes
14 hours and 15 minutes
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From Singapore to Amman
11 hours and 40 minutes
13 hours and 25 minutes
13 hours and 35 minutes
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From Chicago to Chennai
19 hours and 25 minutes
20 hours and 5 minutes
20 hours and 40 minutes
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From Sydney to Bahrain
18 hours and 30 minutes
18 hours and 50 minutes
19 hours and 13 minutes
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From Denpasar to Bahrain
11 hours and 35 minutes
12 hours and 40 minutes
13 hours and 45 minutes
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From Karachi to Warsaw
11 hours
11 hours
12 hours and 30 minutes
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From Singapore to Cairo
13 hours and 25 minutes
14 hours and 5 minutes
14 hours and 15 minutes
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From San Francisco to Bahrain
18 hours and 25 minutes
18 hours and 40 minutes
19 hours and 40 minutes
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From New York to Denpasar
23 hours
23 hours and 20 minutes
24 hours and 20 minutes
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From Denpasar to Manchester
18 hours and 55 minutes
19 hours and 10 minutes
19 hours and 25 minutes
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From Sydney to Dublin
24 hours and 30 minutes
25 hours and 45 minutes
25 hours and 50 minutes
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From Bahrain to Moscow
9 hours and 15 minutes
11 hours and 45 minutes
11 hours and 50 minutes
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From Dallas to Bengaluru
20 hours and 35 minutes
20 hours and 55 minutes
21 hours
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From Sydney to Dammam
18 hours and 15 minutes
18 hours and 50 minutes
19 hours and 40 minutes
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From Sydney to Madrid
24 hours and 58 minutes
25 hours and 40 minutes
26 hours and 45 minutes
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From Kochi to Paris
13 hours
13 hours and 20 minutes
13 hours and 25 minutes
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From Dublin to Sydney
22 hours and 45 minutes
23 hours and 55 minutes
24 hours and 10 minutes
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From Melbourne to Dublin
24 hours
24 hours and 30 minutes
25 hours and 20 minutes
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From Houston to Bengaluru
20 hours and 20 minutes
21 hours and 23 minutes
21 hours and 25 minutes
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From Colombo to Copenhagen
13 hours and 40 minutes
13 hours and 55 minutes
14 hours and 35 minutes
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From Bengaluru to Boston
18 hours and 55 minutes
20 hours and 25 minutes
20 hours and 25 minutes
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From Amsterdam to Hyderabad
11 hours and 55 minutes
12 hours and 33 minutes
12 hours and 55 minutes
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From Manila to Cairo
14 hours and 20 minutes
15 hours and 15 minutes
15 hours and 45 minutes
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From New York to Male
19 hours and 10 minutes
19 hours and 30 minutes
20 hours and 25 minutes
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From Zurich to Brisbane
22 hours and 55 minutes
23 hours and 45 minutes
23 hours and 50 minutes
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From Casablanca to Dammam
9 hours and 45 minutes
10 hours and 20 minutes
10 hours and 20 minutes
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From Athens to Delhi
9 hours and 30 minutes
9 hours and 45 minutes
10 hours and 20 minutes
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From Los Angeles to Chennai
22 hours and 5 minutes
23 hours and 20 minutes
23 hours and 25 minutes
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From Houston to Kuala Lumpur
23 hours and 45 minutes
24 hours and 5 minutes
24 hours and 40 minutes
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From Muscat to Oslo
9 hours and 55 minutes
11 hours
11 hours and 5 minutes
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From Doha to Penang
12 hours and 5 minutes
12 hours and 40 minutes
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From Sydney to Milan
22 hours and 30 minutes
24 hours and 35 minutes
24 hours and 45 minutes
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From Johannesburg to Karachi
12 hours and 35 minutes
13 hours and 25 minutes
13 hours and 35 minutes
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From Manila to Madrid
18 hours and 35 minutes
19 hours and 5 minutes
19 hours and 15 minutes
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From Melbourne to Cairo
19 hours and 50 minutes
22 hours and 10 minutes
22 hours and 25 minutes
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From Delhi to Beirut
9 hours and 45 minutes
9 hours and 55 minutes
10 hours
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From Melbourne to Barcelona
24 hours and 10 minutes
24 hours and 40 minutes
25 hours and 40 minutes
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From Karachi to Barcelona
12 hours and 40 minutes
13 hours and 40 minutes
13 hours and 50 minutes
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From Karachi to Athens
9 hours
9 hours and 25 minutes
10 hours and 25 minutes
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From Muscat to Warsaw
10 hours and 10 minutes
10 hours and 30 minutes
10 hours and 50 minutes
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From Hyderabad to Madrid
13 hours and 50 minutes
14 hours and 35 minutes
15 hours and 5 minutes
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From Karachi to Beirut
7 hours and 15 minutes
8 hours
8 hours and 45 minutes
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From Jeddah to Sydney
19 hours
20 hours and 20 minutes
24 hours and 15 minutes
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From Bengaluru to Madrid
13 hours and 15 minutes
14 hours
15 hours and 20 minutes
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From Dublin to Melbourne
22 hours and 30 minutes
23 hours and 20 minutes
23 hours and 30 minutes
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From Karachi to New York
18 hours and 55 minutes
20 hours and 30 minutes
21 hours and 5 minutes
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From Abha to Bahrain
5 hours and 45 minutes
6 hours and 30 minutes
7 hours and 15 minutes
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From Karachi to Madrid
12 hours and 5 minutes
12 hours and 25 minutes
13 hours and 35 minutes
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From Sydney to Beirut
20 hours and 50 minutes
21 hours and 50 minutes
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From Muscat to Moscow
10 hours and 8 minutes
10 hours and 30 minutes
11 hours and 15 minutes
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From Dammam to Mahe Island
8 hours and 20 minutes
9 hours
9 hours and 45 minutes
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From Melbourne to Birmingham
24 hours and 10 minutes
24 hours and 55 minutes
27 hours and 55 minutes
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From Bengaluru to Copenhagen
12 hours
13 hours and 25 minutes
13 hours and 25 minutes
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From Melbourne to Geneva
24 hours
24 hours and 30 minutes
25 hours and 20 minutes
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From Melbourne to Beirut
20 hours and 20 minutes
21 hours and 35 minutes
24 hours and 25 minutes
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From Nairobi to Karachi
9 hours and 45 minutes
10 hours and 15 minutes
10 hours and 40 minutes
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From Dhaka to Johannesburg
14 hours and 35 minutes
16 hours and 25 minutes
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From Karachi to Baku
6 hours and 30 minutes
8 hours and 45 minutes
8 hours and 45 minutes
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From Kuwait to Melbourne
16 hours and 45 minutes
18 hours
18 hours and 10 minutes
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From Melbourne to Dusseldorf
24 hours and 10 minutes
24 hours and 35 minutes
27 hours and 55 minutes
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From Kochi to Amman
8 hours and 20 minutes
9 hours
9 hours and 10 minutes
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From Male to Cairo
9 hours and 10 minutes
9 hours and 50 minutes
10 hours and 15 minutes
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From Paris to Karachi
9 hours and 50 minutes
10 hours and 40 minutes
11 hours and 20 minutes
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From Sydney to Riyadh
19 hours
19 hours and 20 minutes
20 hours and 30 minutes
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From Sydney to Cairo
19 hours and 55 minutes
22 hours and 25 minutes
23 hours
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From Beirut to Phuket
12 hours and 20 minutes
13 hours
13 hours and 10 minutes
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From London to Dhaka
13 hours and 10 minutes
13 hours and 35 minutes
16 hours and 10 minutes
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From Tehran to Entebbe
10 hours and 15 minutes
10 hours and 25 minutes
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From Beirut to Sydney
19 hours and 25 minutes
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21 hours and 5 minutes
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From Milan to Karachi
9 hours and 25 minutes
10 hours and 10 minutes
10 hours and 20 minutes
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From Montreal to Bahrain
15 hours and 25 minutes
16 hours and 15 minutes
18 hours
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From Lahore to Manchester
12 hours and 30 minutes
13 hours and 15 minutes
14 hours
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From Tokyo to Cairo
16 hours
17 hours and 15 minutes
19 hours and 50 minutes
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From Kuwait to Montreal
16 hours and 25 minutes
16 hours and 50 minutes
18 hours
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