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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 February 2025

From Paris to Denpasar
17 hours and 45 minutes
18 hours and 25 minutes
18 hours and 35 minutes
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From Amsterdam to Sydney
22 hours
22 hours and 55 minutes
24 hours
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From London to Adelaide
20 hours and 40 minutes
21 hours and 40 minutes
22 hours
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From Madrid to Sydney
22 hours and 5 minutes
23 hours and 35 minutes
23 hours and 35 minutes
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From Jeddah to Denpasar
13 hours and 10 minutes
14 hours and 10 minutes
14 hours and 15 minutes
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From Karachi to Warsaw
12 hours
12 hours
12 hours and 55 minutes
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From Edinburgh to Mumbai
11 hours and 55 minutes
12 hours and 35 minutes
12 hours and 35 minutes
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From New York to Hyderabad
16 hours and 55 minutes
18 hours
18 hours and 25 minutes
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From Ahmedabad to Paris
13 hours and 15 minutes
13 hours and 43 minutes
14 hours
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From Colombo to Baku
9 hours and 20 minutes
11 hours and 3 minutes
11 hours and 25 minutes
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From Paris to Chennai
11 hours and 45 minutes
12 hours and 10 minutes
12 hours and 15 minutes
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From Mumbai to Oslo
12 hours and 25 minutes
13 hours and 40 minutes
13 hours and 55 minutes
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From Singapore to Amman
12 hours and 10 minutes
12 hours and 30 minutes
13 hours and 50 minutes
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From Dulles to Bangkok
20 hours and 10 minutes
21 hours
21 hours and 40 minutes
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From Delhi to Oslo
12 hours and 30 minutes
13 hours and 15 minutes
13 hours and 40 minutes
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From Muscat to Oslo
10 hours and 15 minutes
10 hours and 40 minutes
11 hours
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From Colombo to Brussels
13 hours
13 hours and 40 minutes
14 hours and 30 minutes
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From Amsterdam to Perth
19 hours and 40 minutes
20 hours and 23 minutes
20 hours and 40 minutes
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From Amsterdam to Denpasar
17 hours and 20 minutes
17 hours and 35 minutes
17 hours and 35 minutes
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From Bengaluru to Copenhagen
12 hours and 15 minutes
13 hours and 45 minutes
13 hours and 55 minutes
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From Rome to Sydney
21 hours and 40 minutes
23 hours and 15 minutes
23 hours and 15 minutes
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From Sydney to Manchester
24 hours and 15 minutes
24 hours and 55 minutes
25 hours and 45 minutes
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From Bahrain to Dallas
19 hours and 45 minutes
20 hours and 5 minutes
20 hours and 20 minutes
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From Amman to Denpasar
14 hours and 50 minutes
15 hours and 20 minutes
15 hours and 50 minutes
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From Manila to Manchester
19 hours and 30 minutes
20 hours and 15 minutes
20 hours and 25 minutes
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From New York to Denpasar
22 hours and 40 minutes
23 hours and 20 minutes
24 hours and 30 minutes
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From Stockholm to Muscat
10 hours
10 hours and 15 minutes
10 hours and 20 minutes
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From Dublin to Sydney
22 hours and 53 minutes
23 hours and 55 minutes
24 hours
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From Dallas to Mumbai
18 hours and 55 minutes
20 hours and 37 minutes
21 hours
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From San Francisco to Chennai
21 hours and 5 minutes
21 hours and 30 minutes
22 hours and 10 minutes
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From Madrid to Denpasar
17 hours and 40 minutes
18 hours and 20 minutes
19 hours
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From Bengaluru to Boston
19 hours and 30 minutes
20 hours and 20 minutes
20 hours and 28 minutes
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From Male to Warsaw
13 hours and 10 minutes
13 hours and 45 minutes
14 hours and 35 minutes
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From Male to Barcelona
12 hours and 35 minutes
13 hours and 20 minutes
13 hours and 50 minutes
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From Beirut to Sydney
18 hours and 35 minutes
20 hours and 10 minutes
21 hours and 5 minutes
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From New York to Karachi
17 hours and 30 minutes
18 hours and 10 minutes
18 hours and 45 minutes
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From Male to Amman
9 hours and 40 minutes
10 hours and 15 minutes
10 hours and 15 minutes
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From Sydney to Dublin
24 hours and 20 minutes
25 hours and 10 minutes
25 hours and 45 minutes
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From Dallas to Bengaluru
19 hours and 35 minutes
21 hours and 5 minutes
21 hours and 15 minutes
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From Male to Munich
13 hours and 25 minutes
14 hours and 10 minutes
14 hours and 23 minutes
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From London to Sydney
21 hours and 55 minutes
22 hours and 45 minutes
23 hours and 5 minutes
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From Moscow to Muscat
10 hours and 20 minutes
10 hours and 55 minutes
11 hours and 15 minutes
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From Colombo to London
14 hours and 10 minutes
16 hours and 5 minutes
16 hours and 10 minutes
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From Mumbai to Dallas
22 hours and 10 minutes
22 hours and 30 minutes
22 hours and 45 minutes
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From San Francisco to Hyderabad
21 hours and 15 minutes
21 hours and 45 minutes
21 hours and 55 minutes
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From Chicago to Chennai
19 hours
19 hours and 40 minutes
19 hours and 50 minutes
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From Adelaide to Dammam
17 hours and 5 minutes
18 hours and 50 minutes
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From Johannesburg to Karachi
12 hours and 40 minutes
14 hours and 10 minutes
14 hours and 20 minutes
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From Copenhagen to Sydney
21 hours and 45 minutes
22 hours and 3 minutes
23 hours and 5 minutes
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From Delhi to Madinah
8 hours and 5 minutes
8 hours and 55 minutes
9 hours
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From New York to Kochi
18 hours and 28 minutes
19 hours
19 hours and 15 minutes
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From Rome to Karachi
9 hours and 40 minutes
10 hours and 5 minutes
10 hours and 40 minutes
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From Hanoi to Barcelona
17 hours and 10 minutes
18 hours
18 hours and 25 minutes
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From Sydney to Dammam
18 hours and 30 minutes
19 hours
19 hours and 40 minutes
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From Jeddah to Shanghai
13 hours and 10 minutes
13 hours and 50 minutes
14 hours and 13 minutes
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From Birmingham to Mumbai
11 hours and 35 minutes
12 hours and 35 minutes
12 hours and 45 minutes
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From Hamburg to Bahrain
9 hours and 45 minutes
10 hours and 30 minutes
11 hours and 5 minutes
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From Barcelona to Karachi
10 hours and 5 minutes
11 hours
11 hours and 15 minutes
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From Perth to Milan
20 hours and 35 minutes
21 hours and 23 minutes
21 hours and 30 minutes
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From San Francisco to Bahrain
18 hours and 50 minutes
19 hours and 5 minutes
19 hours and 35 minutes
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From Houston to Kuala Lumpur
23 hours and 28 minutes
24 hours and 30 minutes
24 hours and 40 minutes
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From Tehran to Entebbe
9 hours and 55 minutes
10 hours and 15 minutes
11 hours
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From Mumbai to Algiers
12 hours and 55 minutes
13 hours and 35 minutes
14 hours and 5 minutes
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From Tokyo to Cairo
17 hours and 20 minutes
18 hours and 35 minutes
19 hours
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From Dulles to Ho Chi Minh City
21 hours and 13 minutes
22 hours
22 hours and 45 minutes
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From Kuala Lumpur to Birmingham
16 hours and 30 minutes
16 hours and 45 minutes
17 hours and 10 minutes
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From Edinburgh to Melbourne
22 hours and 43 minutes
23 hours and 45 minutes
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From Sydney to Cairo
21 hours and 40 minutes
22 hours and 10 minutes
22 hours and 15 minutes
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From Boston to Kuala Lumpur
21 hours and 20 minutes
21 hours and 38 minutes
22 hours
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From Lahore to Madrid
13 hours and 20 minutes
14 hours and 15 minutes
14 hours and 55 minutes
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From Beirut to Phuket
12 hours
12 hours and 20 minutes
12 hours and 30 minutes
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From Singapore to Tel Aviv-Yafo
14 hours and 40 minutes
15 hours and 40 minutes
16 hours and 48 minutes
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From Adelaide to Bahrain
17 hours and 30 minutes
20 hours and 55 minutes
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From Entebbe to Karachi
9 hours and 30 minutes
9 hours and 45 minutes
11 hours and 35 minutes
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From Cape Town to Hanoi
18 hours
18 hours and 45 minutes
19 hours and 50 minutes
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From Bengaluru to Barcelona
12 hours and 50 minutes
13 hours and 55 minutes
14 hours and 5 minutes
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From Muscat to Moscow
10 hours and 15 minutes
12 hours and 20 minutes
12 hours and 55 minutes
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From Paris to Adelaide
20 hours and 55 minutes
21 hours and 23 minutes
23 hours
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From Male to Tel Aviv-Yafo
11 hours and 20 minutes
11 hours and 20 minutes
11 hours and 35 minutes
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From Melbourne to Birmingham
23 hours and 55 minutes
24 hours and 25 minutes
28 hours and 15 minutes
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From Bahrain to Moscow
9 hours and 25 minutes
11 hours
11 hours and 25 minutes
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From Cairo to Tokyo
14 hours and 40 minutes
15 hours and 55 minutes
16 hours and 55 minutes
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From Bahrain to Mahe Island
8 hours and 55 minutes
9 hours and 10 minutes
9 hours and 20 minutes
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From Birmingham to Melbourne
22 hours and 35 minutes
23 hours and 35 minutes
24 hours and 30 minutes
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From Perth to Bahrain
15 hours and 30 minutes
15 hours and 55 minutes
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From Paris to Ahmedabad
12 hours and 25 minutes
12 hours and 55 minutes
13 hours and 5 minutes
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From Perth to Manchester
20 hours and 40 minutes
21 hours and 40 minutes
22 hours and 45 minutes
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From Algiers to Muscat
8 hours and 50 minutes
9 hours and 40 minutes
11 hours and 45 minutes
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From Adelaide to Manchester
22 hours and 50 minutes
24 hours and 20 minutes
25 hours and 8 minutes
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From Hyderabad to Barcelona
13 hours and 30 minutes
13 hours and 50 minutes
13 hours and 55 minutes
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From Vienna to Sydney
21 hours and 35 minutes
22 hours
23 hours and 50 minutes
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From Dammam to Moscow
9 hours and 50 minutes
10 hours and 10 minutes
10 hours and 55 minutes
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From Entebbe to Kuala Lumpur
16 hours and 15 minutes
16 hours and 40 minutes
17 hours and 40 minutes
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From Bangkok to London
17 hours and 5 minutes
17 hours and 45 minutes
18 hours and 10 minutes
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From Cape Town to Karachi
13 hours and 5 minutes
13 hours and 30 minutes
15 hours and 30 minutes
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From Amman to Adelaide
18 hours and 50 minutes
19 hours and 50 minutes
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From Melbourne to Amman
18 hours and 30 minutes
19 hours and 15 minutes
19 hours and 30 minutes
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From Sydney to Hamburg
25 hours and 10 minutes
25 hours and 25 minutes
27 hours and 55 minutes
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From Casablanca to Colombo
13 hours
13 hours and 45 minutes
14 hours and 15 minutes
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From Johannesburg to Beijing
18 hours and 10 minutes
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19 hours and 30 minutes
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