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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 June 2025

From Bangkok to Dulles
22 hours and 5 minutes
22 hours and 20 minutes
22 hours and 25 minutes
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From Mumbai to Los Angeles
22 hours and 3 minutes
22 hours and 20 minutes
22 hours and 25 minutes
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From Karachi to Warsaw
11 hours and 25 minutes
11 hours and 45 minutes
12 hours and 40 minutes
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From London to Adelaide
21 hours
22 hours
22 hours and 25 minutes
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From Mumbai to Miami
21 hours and 35 minutes
22 hours and 10 minutes
22 hours and 15 minutes
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From Delhi to Oslo
11 hours and 50 minutes
12 hours and 25 minutes
13 hours and 15 minutes
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From Karachi to Amman
6 hours and 50 minutes
7 hours and 15 minutes
7 hours and 40 minutes
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From Sydney to Bahrain
18 hours and 30 minutes
19 hours
19 hours and 50 minutes
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From Mumbai to Oslo
11 hours and 58 minutes
12 hours and 50 minutes
13 hours and 50 minutes
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From Edinburgh to Mumbai
11 hours and 55 minutes
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13 hours and 25 minutes
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From Dallas to Bengaluru
20 hours and 35 minutes
21 hours and 25 minutes
21 hours and 40 minutes
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From Melbourne to London
23 hours and 30 minutes
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26 hours and 25 minutes
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21 hours and 35 minutes
22 hours and 20 minutes
22 hours and 50 minutes
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From Chennai to Cairo
10 hours and 3 minutes
10 hours and 20 minutes
10 hours and 40 minutes
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From Hyderabad to Istanbul
10 hours and 10 minutes
10 hours and 55 minutes
11 hours and 15 minutes
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From Kochi to Paris
12 hours and 55 minutes
13 hours and 30 minutes
13 hours and 40 minutes
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From Beirut to Singapore
14 hours and 20 minutes
14 hours and 40 minutes
14 hours and 40 minutes
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From Perth to Copenhagen
20 hours and 55 minutes
21 hours and 20 minutes
21 hours and 20 minutes
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From Denpasar to Bahrain
11 hours and 38 minutes
12 hours and 25 minutes
14 hours and 15 minutes
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From New York to Denpasar
23 hours
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24 hours and 30 minutes
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From Bengaluru to Copenhagen
12 hours
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13 hours and 20 minutes
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From Kuala Lumpur to Oslo
16 hours and 20 minutes
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17 hours and 10 minutes
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15 hours and 18 minutes
15 hours and 40 minutes
17 hours and 10 minutes
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From London to Sydney
22 hours and 15 minutes
22 hours and 40 minutes
23 hours and 10 minutes
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From Delhi to Sao Paulo
21 hours and 35 minutes
22 hours and 20 minutes
22 hours and 20 minutes
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From Bengaluru to Istanbul
9 hours and 55 minutes
10 hours and 25 minutes
10 hours and 30 minutes
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From San Francisco to Chennai
20 hours and 58 minutes
21 hours and 20 minutes
22 hours and 5 minutes
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From Perth to Amsterdam
20 hours and 5 minutes
21 hours and 10 minutes
23 hours and 8 minutes
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From Bengaluru to Boston
19 hours and 5 minutes
20 hours and 5 minutes
20 hours and 35 minutes
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From Cairo to Denpasar
15 hours
15 hours and 35 minutes
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From Abha to Muscat
5 hours and 30 minutes
7 hours and 28 minutes
8 hours and 15 minutes
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From Muscat to Oslo
9 hours and 55 minutes
11 hours
11 hours and 13 minutes
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From Perth to London
21 hours and 15 minutes
22 hours
22 hours and 55 minutes
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From Chicago to Chennai
19 hours and 5 minutes
19 hours and 35 minutes
20 hours and 45 minutes
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From Karachi to Beirut
7 hours
9 hours
9 hours and 10 minutes
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From Perth to Istanbul
16 hours and 55 minutes
18 hours and 10 minutes
18 hours and 15 minutes
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From Denpasar to Dammam
12 hours and 15 minutes
12 hours and 50 minutes
13 hours and 45 minutes
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From Birmingham to Mumbai
12 hours
12 hours and 35 minutes
13 hours and 40 minutes
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From Kochi to Istanbul
9 hours and 50 minutes
10 hours and 10 minutes
10 hours and 25 minutes
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From Tokyo to Cairo
17 hours
18 hours and 30 minutes
18 hours and 45 minutes
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From Boston to Kuala Lumpur
21 hours and 35 minutes
21 hours and 50 minutes
21 hours and 53 minutes
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From Delhi to Beirut
9 hours and 10 minutes
9 hours and 35 minutes
9 hours and 40 minutes
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From Zurich to Karachi
9 hours and 30 minutes
10 hours and 20 minutes
10 hours and 55 minutes
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From Munich to Karachi
9 hours and 15 minutes
10 hours
10 hours and 35 minutes
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From Sydney to Athens
21 hours and 25 minutes
22 hours and 20 minutes
22 hours and 50 minutes
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From Sydney to Beirut
20 hours and 35 minutes
21 hours and 50 minutes
22 hours and 5 minutes
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From Thiruvananthapuram to Frankfurt
12 hours
12 hours and 40 minutes
12 hours and 45 minutes
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From Perth to Manchester
20 hours and 40 minutes
21 hours and 30 minutes
21 hours and 50 minutes
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From Sydney to Cairo
21 hours and 20 minutes
22 hours and 25 minutes
22 hours and 45 minutes
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From Dammam to Moscow
9 hours and 35 minutes
10 hours and 45 minutes
10 hours and 50 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 Male to Manchester
12 hours and 45 minutes
14 hours and 5 minutes
14 hours and 45 minutes
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From Casablanca to Singapore
16 hours and 20 minutes
17 hours and 35 minutes
17 hours and 35 minutes
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From Beirut to Sydney
19 hours and 25 minutes
19 hours and 55 minutes
21 hours and 5 minutes
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From Toronto to Chennai
19 hours and 45 minutes
20 hours
20 hours and 20 minutes
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From Bengaluru to Barcelona
12 hours and 23 minutes
13 hours
13 hours and 35 minutes
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From Los Angeles to Chennai
21 hours and 10 minutes
22 hours
23 hours and 20 minutes
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From Hyderabad to Madrid
13 hours and 35 minutes
13 hours and 55 minutes
14 hours and 10 minutes
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From Copenhagen to Brisbane
22 hours and 20 minutes
22 hours and 45 minutes
23 hours and 35 minutes
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From Karachi to Baku
7 hours and 10 minutes
8 hours and 30 minutes
8 hours and 40 minutes
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From Tehran to Entebbe
10 hours and 5 minutes
10 hours and 8 minutes
11 hours
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From Adelaide to Dammam
16 hours and 50 minutes
18 hours and 10 minutes
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From Hyderabad to Amman
8 hours and 30 minutes
8 hours and 35 minutes
9 hours and 15 minutes
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From Denpasar to Oslo
18 hours and 18 minutes
19 hours and 35 minutes
19 hours and 40 minutes
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From Adelaide to Bahrain
17 hours and 28 minutes
18 hours and 40 minutes
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From Perth to Brussels
19 hours and 20 minutes
21 hours and 20 minutes
21 hours and 55 minutes
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From Bahrain to Moscow
9 hours and 25 minutes
11 hours
11 hours and 40 minutes
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From Sydney to Edinburgh
24 hours and 5 minutes
25 hours and 10 minutes
27 hours and 50 minutes
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From London to Phuket
15 hours and 45 minutes
16 hours and 5 minutes
16 hours and 25 minutes
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From Hong Kong to Amman
13 hours and 30 minutes
14 hours and 5 minutes
15 hours and 5 minutes
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From Manila to Beirut
14 hours and 55 minutes
16 hours and 10 minutes
16 hours and 10 minutes
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From Kuwait to Denpasar
13 hours
14 hours and 15 minutes
15 hours and 35 minutes
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From Chennai to Dulles
20 hours and 40 minutes
21 hours and 15 minutes
21 hours and 25 minutes
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From Melbourne to Hamburg
22 hours and 40 minutes
23 hours and 40 minutes
28 hours and 10 minutes
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From Bengaluru to Nice
12 hours and 15 minutes
13 hours
13 hours and 45 minutes
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From Moscow to Muscat
9 hours and 30 minutes
10 hours and 55 minutes
11 hours and 25 minutes
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From Paris to Adelaide
21 hours
21 hours and 35 minutes
23 hours and 5 minutes
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From Kochi to Amman
8 hours and 15 minutes
9 hours
9 hours and 20 minutes
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From Johannesburg to Karachi
12 hours and 40 minutes
14 hours and 20 minutes
14 hours and 25 minutes
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From Bengaluru to Dusseldorf
12 hours and 15 minutes
13 hours
13 hours and 15 minutes
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From Muscat to Moscow
10 hours and 25 minutes
11 hours and 53 minutes
12 hours and 35 minutes
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From Manchester to Perth
20 hours and 30 minutes
20 hours and 45 minutes
23 hours and 35 minutes
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From Copenhagen to Adelaide
20 hours and 35 minutes
20 hours and 55 minutes
23 hours and 15 minutes
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From Delhi to Madinah
8 hours and 5 minutes
8 hours and 45 minutes
8 hours and 50 minutes
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From Denpasar to Dublin
18 hours and 40 minutes
19 hours and 15 minutes
19 hours and 25 minutes
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From Houston to Kuala Lumpur
23 hours and 45 minutes
24 hours and 15 minutes
24 hours and 40 minutes
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From Istanbul to Adelaide
18 hours and 10 minutes
20 hours and 30 minutes
26 hours and 58 minutes
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From Male to Barcelona
12 hours and 55 minutes
13 hours and 20 minutes
14 hours and 10 minutes
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From Tokyo to Riyadh
14 hours and 45 minutes
15 hours and 10 minutes
16 hours and 20 minutes
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From Beirut to Manila
14 hours and 10 minutes
15 hours and 10 minutes
16 hours and 15 minutes
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From Karachi to London
12 hours and 25 minutes
13 hours and 35 minutes
13 hours and 55 minutes
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From Karachi to Dar Es Salaam
11 hours
11 hours and 50 minutes
11 hours and 55 minutes
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From Boston to Chennai
17 hours and 40 minutes
18 hours
19 hours and 20 minutes
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From Moscow to Bahrain
9 hours and 20 minutes
9 hours and 40 minutes
9 hours and 45 minutes
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From Sydney to Venice
25 hours and 15 minutes
25 hours and 35 minutes
26 hours and 10 minutes
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From Brisbane to Muscat
19 hours and 5 minutes
19 hours and 20 minutes
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From Guangzhou to Casablanca
19 hours and 30 minutes
19 hours and 45 minutes
21 hours and 10 minutes
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From Glasgow to Mumbai
13 hours and 10 minutes
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From Hyderabad to Geneva
12 hours and 40 minutes
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From Perth to Barcelona
21 hours and 5 minutes
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23 hours and 10 minutes
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