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Flight paths with the longest detours

With everything from weather conditions to conflicts on the ground, there are many reasons for flight paths changing. Find the routes that are mostly affected by surrounding circumstances in our list.

When it comes to making flights as efficient as possible, airlines worldwide continuously strive to minimize their flight time, fuel use and flight distance. However, external factors can significantly impact the aviation industry. For example conflicts between countries can lead to airspace closures and avoidances, as seen in the cases of Russia/Ukraine and the Middle East. Consequently, many airlines end up with flight paths that are considerably longer than the shortest possible routes.

Additionally, several other factors influence the actual length of flights. Specific flight corridors may impose limitations, and weather conditions can also affect the chosen paths.

Below is a list highlighting the routes with the largest percentage difference between the actual flight path and the shortest possible flight path. Follow each link to learn more about this specific route and the flight options available.

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Route
Airline
Great circle
Recorded
Diff
SVO-IST SVO-SVO Moscow Istanbul
Aeroflot
1095 mi
2199 mi
101%
ICN-HEL ICN-ICN Seoul Helsinki
Finnair
4393 mi
7555 mi
72%
IST-VKO IST-IST Istanbul Moscow
Turkish Airlines
1069 mi
1607 mi
50%
KIX-HEL KIX-KIX Osaka Helsinki
Finnair
4831 mi
7213 mi
49%
HEL-ICN HEL-HEL Helsinki Seoul
Finnair
4393 mi
6524 mi
49%
HEL-KIX HEL-HEL Helsinki Osaka
Finnair
4831 mi
7079 mi
47%
DFW-DEN DFW-DFW Dallas Denver
American Airlines
644 mi
937 mi
45%
ABV-DOH ABV-ABV Abuja Doha
Qatar Airways
3135 mi
4466 mi
42%
HEL-HND HEL-HEL Helsinki Tokyo
Finnair
4887 mi
6882 mi
41%
HEL-NRT HEL-HEL Helsinki Tokyo
Finnair
4891 mi
6860 mi
40%
NRT-HEL NRT-NRT Tokyo Helsinki
Finnair
4891 mi
6840 mi
40%
LOS-DOH LOS-LOS Lagos Doha
Qatar Airways
3453 mi
4782 mi
38%
HEL-HKG HEL-HEL Helsinki Hong Kong
Finnair
4879 mi
6643 mi
36%
DEL-ALA DEL-DEL Delhi Almaty
Air Astana
1027 mi
1385 mi
35%
KIX-AMS KIX-KIX Osaka Amsterdam
KLM
5774 mi
7727 mi
34%
HND-LHR HND-HND Tokyo London
British Airways
5992 mi
8011 mi
34%
TLV-BKK TLV-TLV Tel Aviv-Yafo Bangkok
El Al
4340 mi
5732 mi
32%
HND-FRA HND-HND Tokyo Frankfurt
Lufthansa
5848 mi
7711 mi
32%
HEL-DEL HEL-HEL Helsinki Delhi
Finnair
3263 mi
4217 mi
29%
KTM-ICN KTM-KTM Kathmandu Seoul
Korean Air
2477 mi
3194 mi
29%
CPH-HND CPH-CPH Copenhagen Tokyo
SAS
5440 mi
6948 mi
28%
BKK-HEL BKK-BKK Bangkok Helsinki
Finnair
4941 mi
6261 mi
27%
HEL-BKK HEL-HEL Helsinki Bangkok
Finnair
4941 mi
6203 mi
26%
LHR-HND LHR-LHR London Tokyo
British Airways
5992 mi
7483 mi
25%
DEL-GOI DEL-DEL Delhi Goa
Air India
940 mi
1169 mi
24%
ADD-DXB ADD-ADD Addis Ababa Dubai
Emirates
1573 mi
1953 mi
24%
BBI-DEL BBI-BBI Bhubaneswar Delhi
Vistara
798 mi
989 mi
24%
NRT-CDG NRT-NRT Tokyo Paris
Air France
6067 mi
7377 mi
22%
LHR-ICN LHR-LHR London Seoul
Korean Air
5536 mi
6695 mi
21%
DEL-SFO DEL-DEL Delhi San Francisco
Air India
7735 mi
9301 mi
20%
BEG-SVO BEG-BEG Belgrade Moscow
Air Serbia
1078 mi
1296 mi
20%
DOH-HEL DOH-DOH Doha Helsinki
Finnair
2747 mi
3296 mi
20%
ZRH-NRT ZRH-ZRH Zurich Tokyo
SWISS
5995 mi
7184 mi
20%
PKX-LHR PKX-PKX Beijing London
British Airways
5121 mi
6120 mi
20%
DEL-CDG DEL-DEL Delhi Paris
Air France
4102 mi
4901 mi
19%
BCN-ZRH BCN-BCN Barcelona Zurich
SWISS
535 mi
638 mi
19%
VIE-NRT VIE-VIE Vienna Tokyo
Austrian
5720 mi
6817 mi
19%
IXB-BOM IXB-IXB Bagdogra Mumbai
Starlight Airline
1121 mi
1330 mi
19%
WAW-GYD WAW-WAW Warsaw Baku
LOT
1599 mi
1895 mi
19%
ICN-FRA ICN-ICN Seoul Frankfurt
Korean Air
5338 mi
6294 mi
18%
CCU-BOM CCU-CCU Kolkata Mumbai
Air India
1041 mi
1227 mi
18%
ICN-AUH ICN-ICN Seoul Abu Dhabi
Etihad Airways
4271 mi
5033 mi
18%
DEN-DFW DEN-DEN Denver Dallas
American Airlines
644 mi
756 mi
17%
PEW-DOH PEW-PEW Peshawar Doha
Pakistan International Airlines
1342 mi
1573 mi
17%
PHL-SJU PHL-PHL Philadelphia San Juan
American Airlines
1588 mi
1859 mi
17%
ATH-DOH ATH-ATH Athens Doha
Qatar Airways
1848 mi
2160 mi
17%
LHR-PKX LHR-LHR London Beijing
British Airways
5121 mi
5985 mi
17%
ISB-DXB ISB-ISB Islamabad Dubai
Emirates
1201 mi
1403 mi
17%
HYD-DEL HYD-HYD Hyderabad Delhi
Air India
790 mi
922 mi
17%
AUH-BEY AUH-AUH Abu Dhabi Beirut
Etihad Airways
1329 mi
1543 mi
16%
NRT-DEL NRT-NRT Tokyo Delhi
Air India
3692 mi
4277 mi
16%
PEW-DXB PEW-PEW Peshawar Dubai
Emirates
1146 mi
1326 mi
16%
ICN-CMB ICN-ICN Seoul Colombo
SriLankan Airlines
3603 mi
4163 mi
16%
FRA-ICN FRA-FRA Frankfurt Seoul
Korean Air
5338 mi
6159 mi
15%
DEL-RPR DEL-DEL Delhi Raipur
Vistara
590 mi
680 mi
15%
DXB-RUH DXB-DXB Dubai Riyadh
Emirates
544 mi
626 mi
15%
LHR-PVG LHR-LHR London Shanghai
British Airways
5773 mi
6642 mi
15%
TAS-DEL TAS-TAS Tashkent Delhi
Uzbekistan Airways
986 mi
1131 mi
15%
DOH-SVO DOH-DOH Doha Moscow
Qatar Airways
2251 mi
2581 mi
15%
CGK-KUL CGK-CGK Jakarta Kuala Lumpur
AirAsia
704 mi
807 mi
15%
LHR-HKG LHR-LHR London Hong Kong
British Airways
6017 mi
6897 mi
15%
HKG-LHR HKG-HKG Hong Kong London
British Airways
6017 mi
6890 mi
15%
NBO-DOH NBO-NBO Nairobi Doha
Qatar Airways
2095 mi
2398 mi
14%
LHR-HAN LHR-LHR London Hanoi
Vietnam Airlines
5772 mi
6598 mi
14%
DOH-LCA DOH-DOH Doha Larnaca
Qatar Airways
1267 mi
1448 mi
14%
DEL-NRT DEL-DEL Delhi Tokyo
Air India
3692 mi
4204 mi
14%
DOH-ARN DOH-DOH Doha Stockholm
Finnair
2885 mi
3283 mi
14%
CCU-DEL CCU-CCU Kolkata Delhi
Air India
820 mi
932 mi
14%
YYZ-LGW YYZ-YYZ Toronto London
Air Transat
3585 mi
4069 mi
14%
HEL-SAW HEL-HEL Helsinki Istanbul
Pegasus
1362 mi
1544 mi
13%
OOL-MEL OOL-OOL Coolangatta (Gold Coast) Melbourne
Jetstar
830 mi
939 mi
13%
DAC-DEL DAC-DAC Dhaka Delhi
Air India
891 mi
1007 mi
13%
EBB-DXB EBB-EBB Entebbe Dubai
Emirates
2331 mi
2634 mi
13%
HND-ICN HND-HND Tokyo Seoul
Korean Air
755 mi
853 mi
13%
LCA-DXB LCA-LCA Larnaca Dubai
Charlie Airlines
1463 mi
1652 mi
13%
DUB-CPH DUB-DUB Dublin Copenhagen
Ryanair
775 mi
874 mi
13%
LKO-DXB LKO-LKO Lucknow Dubai
flydubai
1595 mi
1798 mi
13%
DTW-ICN DTW-DTW Detroit Seoul
Delta
6657 mi
7500 mi
13%
DEL-YUL DEL-DEL Delhi Montreal
Air Canada
7042 mi
7916 mi
12%
HKG-DEL HKG-HKG Hong Kong Delhi
Air India
2341 mi
2631 mi
12%
BLR-DEL BLR-BLR Bengaluru Delhi
Air India
1068 mi
1200 mi
12%
ALC-BRS ALC-ALC Alicante Bristol
Ryanair
916 mi
1029 mi
12%
SEA-SFO SEA-SEA Seattle San Francisco
Alaska Airlines
683 mi
767 mi
12%
ATQ-DXB ATQ-ATQ Amritsar Dubai
SpiceJet
1266 mi
1420 mi
12%
SIN-DPS SIN-SIN Singapore Denpasar
Garuda Indonesia
1045 mi
1172 mi
12%
HKG-FRA HKG-HKG Hong Kong Frankfurt
Cathay Pacific
5719 mi
6412 mi
12%
DEL-IXR DEL-DEL Delhi Ranchi
Vistara
630 mi
706 mi
12%
COK-SGN COK-COK Kochi Ho Chi Minh City
VietJet Air
2067 mi
2316 mi
12%
SIN-CGK SIN-SIN Singapore Jakarta
Garuda Indonesia
551 mi
617 mi
12%
IXR-DEL IXR-IXR Ranchi Delhi
Vistara
630 mi
705 mi
12%
KUL-KCH KUL-KUL Kuala Lumpur Kuching
AirAsia
605 mi
677 mi
12%
BOS-ICN BOS-BOS Boston Seoul
Korean Air
6851 mi
7666 mi
12%
IST-DEL IST-IST Istanbul Delhi
Turkish Airlines
2852 mi
3191 mi
12%
HKG-DXB HKG-HKG Hong Kong Dubai
Cathay Pacific
3699 mi
4136 mi
12%
PEW-JED PEW-PEW Peshawar Jeddah
Pakistan International Airlines
2151 mi
2405 mi
12%
SFO-DXB SFO-SFO San Francisco Dubai
Emirates
8135 mi
9092 mi
12%
MSP-ICN MSP-MSP Minneapolis Seoul
Delta
6268 mi
7005 mi
12%
CDG-VCE CDG-CDG Paris Venice
Air France
521 mi
582 mi
12%
TBS-DOH TBS-TBS Tbilisi Doha
Qatar Airways
1201 mi
1341 mi
12%
DOH-NBO DOH-DOH Doha Nairobi
Qatar Airways
2095 mi
2339 mi
12%
LAS-DEN LAS-LAS Las Vegas Denver
United
630 mi
703 mi
12%
FRA-HKG FRA-FRA Frankfurt Hong Kong
Cathay Pacific
5719 mi
6377 mi
12%
DEL-JFK DEL-DEL Delhi New York
American Airlines
7344 mi
8186 mi
11%
DEL-HKG DEL-DEL Delhi Hong Kong
Air India
2341 mi
2607 mi
11%
MAA-HKG MAA-MAA Chennai Hong Kong
Cathay Pacific
2319 mi
2582 mi
11%
GOI-DEL GOI-GOI Goa Delhi
Air India
940 mi
1046 mi
11%
IST-AMM IST-IST Istanbul Amman
Royal Jordanian
775 mi
861 mi
11%
FRA-DEL FRA-FRA Frankfurt Delhi
Air India
3824 mi
4247 mi
11%
SFO-PEK SFO-SFO San Francisco Beijing
United
5931 mi
6586 mi
11%
NRT-DXB NRT-NRT Tokyo Dubai
Emirates
4986 mi
5534 mi
11%
BEY-DOH BEY-BEY Beirut Doha
Middle East Airlines
1138 mi
1261 mi
11%
AMS-DEL AMS-AMS Amsterdam Delhi
Air India
3975 mi
4399 mi
11%
ATL-ICN ATL-ATL Atlanta Seoul
Delta
7178 mi
7936 mi
11%
BOM-SIN BOM-BOM Mumbai Singapore
Air India
2450 mi
2704 mi
10%
EWR-SIN EWR-EWR New York Singapore
Singapore Airlines
9582 mi
10575 mi
10%
JFK-ICN JFK-JFK New York Seoul
Korean Air
6929 mi
7636 mi
10%
LAX-JFK LAX-LAX Los Angeles New York
American Airlines
2483 mi
2732 mi
10%
BKK-CDG BKK-BKK Bangkok Paris
Air France
5903 mi
6489 mi
10%
HKG-BOS HKG-HKG Hong Kong Boston
Cathay Pacific
8001 mi
8792 mi
10%
BLR-SIN BLR-BLR Bengaluru Singapore
Air India
1986 mi
2181 mi
10%
JFK-SIN JFK-JFK New York Singapore
Singapore Airlines
9585 mi
10526 mi
10%
BLR-SFO BLR-BLR Bengaluru San Francisco
Air India
8740 mi
9585 mi
10%
DEL-BAH DEL-DEL Delhi Bahrain
Gulf Air
1636 mi
1794 mi
10%
DEL-VIE DEL-DEL Delhi Vienna
Air India
3465 mi
3797 mi
10%
IXC-BOM IXC-IXC Chandigarh Mumbai
Vistara
842 mi
922 mi
10%
DEL-KTM DEL-DEL Delhi Kathmandu
Air India
509 mi
557 mi
9%
DEL-DOH DEL-DEL Delhi Doha
Air India
1592 mi
1742 mi
9%
YYZ-ICN YYZ-YYZ Toronto Seoul
Air Canada
6634 mi
7259 mi
9%
BKK-SIN BKK-BKK Bangkok Singapore
Cathay Pacific
884 mi
967 mi
9%
LGW-MLA LGW-LGW London Malta
Air Malta
1289 mi
1410 mi
9%
DEL-ZRH DEL-DEL Delhi Zurich
Air India
3841 mi
4200 mi
9%
NBO-AMS NBO-NBO Nairobi Amsterdam
KLM
4172 mi
4559 mi
9%
DEL-CCU DEL-DEL Delhi Kolkata
Air India
820 mi
896 mi
9%
IST-NRT IST-IST Istanbul Tokyo
Turkish Airlines
5612 mi
6131 mi
9%
DEL-IXB DEL-DEL Delhi Bagdogra
SpiceJet
703 mi
768 mi
9%
SEA-ICN SEA-SEA Seattle Seoul
Delta
5232 mi
5714 mi
9%
LHR-BKK LHR-LHR London Bangkok
EVA Air
5984 mi
6534 mi
9%
JED-MUX JED-JED Jeddah Multan
Airblue
2092 mi
2284 mi
9%
PHX-SJC PHX-PHX Phoenix San Jose
Southwest
623 mi
680 mi
9%
FCO-DOH FCO-FCO Rome Doha
Qatar Airways
2523 mi
2753 mi
9%
DEL-HYD DEL-DEL Delhi Hyderabad
Air India
790 mi
862 mi
9%
CPH-BKK CPH-CPH Copenhagen Bangkok
Thai Airways
5396 mi
5887 mi
9%
TRV-DEL TRV-TRV Thiruvananthapuram Delhi
Air India
1396 mi
1523 mi
9%
AMS-SIN AMS-AMS Amsterdam Singapore
KLM
6569 mi
7157 mi
9%
SYD-ADL SYD-SYD Sydney Adelaide
Jetstar
727 mi
792 mi
9%
LAX-DXB LAX-LAX Los Angeles Dubai
Emirates
8373 mi
9118 mi
9%
MAN-PRG MAN-MAN Manchester Prague
Ryanair
744 mi
810 mi
9%
PNQ-DEL PNQ-PNQ Pune Delhi
Air India
723 mi
787 mi
9%
DOH-ALA DOH-DOH Doha Almaty
Qatar Airways
1911 mi
2080 mi
9%
GOT-IST GOT-GOT Gothenburg Istanbul
Turkish Airlines
1352 mi
1471 mi
9%
STN-FCO STN-STN London Rome
Jet2
901 mi
980 mi
9%
PER-SIN PER-PER Perth Singapore
Qantas
2443 mi
2657 mi
9%
LHR-SGN LHR-LHR London Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam Airlines
6385 mi
6939 mi
9%
DEL-YVR DEL-DEL Delhi Vancouver
Air India
6958 mi
7561 mi
9%
DAC-NRT DAC-DAC Dhaka Tokyo
Biman Bangladesh Airlines
3090 mi
3355 mi
9%
SHJ-LHE SHJ-SHJ Sharjah Lahore
Airblue
1229 mi
1334 mi
9%
SAW-JED SAW-SAW Istanbul Jeddah
Pegasus
1455 mi
1579 mi
9%
COK-DEL COK-COK Kochi Delhi
Air India
1280 mi
1389 mi
9%
HKG-YYZ HKG-HKG Hong Kong Toronto
Cathay Pacific
7840 mi
8507 mi
9%
SFO-BOM SFO-SFO San Francisco Mumbai
Air India
8442 mi
9160 mi
9%
DXB-JED DXB-DXB Dubai Jeddah
Emirates
1061 mi
1150 mi
8%
LHR-VCE LHR-LHR London Venice
British Airways
719 mi
779 mi
8%
MUC-DEL MUC-MUC Munich Delhi
Lufthansa
3685 mi
3988 mi
8%
DAC-DXB DAC-DAC Dhaka Dubai
Biman Bangladesh Airlines
2211 mi
2392 mi
8%
FRA-BKK FRA-FRA Frankfurt Bangkok
Thai Airways
5623 mi
6081 mi
8%
AMS-BOM AMS-AMS Amsterdam Mumbai
KLM
4285 mi
4633 mi
8%
BKK-VIE BKK-BKK Bangkok Vienna
EVA Air
5280 mi
5708 mi
8%
IST-HND IST-IST Istanbul Tokyo
Turkish Airlines
5597 mi
6050 mi
8%
BOM-PAT BOM-BOM Mumbai Patna
Air India
906 mi
979 mi
8%
DOH-DEL DOH-DOH Doha Delhi
Air India
1592 mi
1719 mi
8%
DXB-HKG DXB-DXB Dubai Hong Kong
Cathay Pacific
3699 mi
3993 mi
8%
AMS-BLR AMS-AMS Amsterdam Bengaluru
KLM
4807 mi
5186 mi
8%
BLR-BOM BLR-BLR Bengaluru Mumbai
Air India
521 mi
562 mi
8%
NRT-KUL NRT-NRT Tokyo Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia Airlines
3380 mi
3644 mi
8%
DAR-IST DAR-DAR Dar Es Salaam Istanbul
Turkish Airlines
3410 mi
3676 mi
8%
ZRH-BKK ZRH-ZRH Zurich Bangkok
SWISS
5657 mi
6098 mi
8%
KTM-SIN KTM-KTM Kathmandu Singapore
Singapore Airlines
2210 mi
2382 mi
8%
DXB-BOM DXB-DXB Dubai Mumbai
Air India
1202 mi
1295 mi
8%
ATL-LAS ATL-ATL Atlanta Las Vegas
Delta
1752 mi
1887 mi
8%
IAD-DEL IAD-IAD Dulles Delhi
Air India
7533 mi
8113 mi
8%
CDG-BKK CDG-CDG Paris Bangkok
Air France
5903 mi
6352 mi
8%
KUL-KTM KUL-KUL Kuala Lumpur Kathmandu
Malaysia Airlines
2045 mi
2200 mi
8%
HKG-ORD HKG-HKG Hong Kong Chicago
Cathay Pacific
7824 mi
8413 mi
8%
MNL-DVO MNL-MNL Manila Davao
Philippine Airlines
602 mi
647 mi
7%
NBO-FRA NBO-NBO Nairobi Frankfurt
Lufthansa
3947 mi
4241 mi
7%
BCN-DOH BCN-BCN Barcelona Doha
Qatar Airways
3037 mi
3263 mi
7%
CMB-NRT CMB-CMB Colombo Tokyo
SriLankan Airlines
4308 mi
4625 mi
7%
DOH-TBS DOH-DOH Doha Tbilisi
Qatar Airways
1201 mi
1289 mi
7%
LHR-HYD LHR-LHR London Hyderabad
British Airways
4841 mi
5195 mi
7%
DFW-MIA DFW-DFW Dallas Miami
American Airlines
1126 mi
1208 mi
7%
DEL-GAU DEL-DEL Delhi Guwahati
Air India
909 mi
975 mi
7%
DFW-ICN DFW-DFW Dallas Seoul
American Airlines
6865 mi
7358 mi
7%
YVR-DEL YVR-YVR Vancouver Delhi
Air India
6958 mi
7452 mi
7%
AKL-KUL AKL-AKL Auckland Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia Airlines
5438 mi
5823 mi
7%
HKG-BKK HKG-HKG Hong Kong Bangkok
Cathay Pacific
1055 mi
1129 mi
7%
CDG-SIN CDG-CDG Paris Singapore
Air France
6700 mi
7168 mi
7%
NCL-AYT NCL-NCL Newcastle Antalya
Jet2
1981 mi
2118 mi
7%
HKG-NRT HKG-HKG Hong Kong Tokyo
Cathay Pacific
1851 mi
1979 mi
7%
DAC-DOH DAC-DAC Dhaka Doha
Biman Bangladesh Airlines
2445 mi
2613 mi
7%
LAX-DOH LAX-LAX Los Angeles Doha
Qatar Airways
8339 mi
8908 mi
7%

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