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Weather, politics and local regulations can affect the choice of airspace and flight corridors. Flightpaths.com lets you see the real flight paths and compare passenger airlines and flight times simplified on an interactive map.

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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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SVO-IST SVO-SVO Moscow Istanbul

ICN-HEL ICN-ICN Seoul Helsinki

HND-HEL HND-HND Tokyo Helsinki

IST-VKO IST-IST Istanbul Moscow

Turkish Airlines

KIX-HEL KIX-KIX Osaka Helsinki

HEL-ICN HEL-HEL Helsinki Seoul

HEL-KIX HEL-HEL Helsinki Osaka

DFW-DEN DFW-DFW Dallas Denver

American Airlines

ABV-DOH ABV-ABV Abuja Doha

HEL-HND HEL-HEL Helsinki Tokyo

HEL-NRT HEL-HEL Helsinki Tokyo

NRT-HEL NRT-NRT Tokyo Helsinki

LOS-DOH LOS-LOS Lagos Doha

HEL-HKG HEL-HEL Helsinki Hong Kong

HND-CPH HND-HND Tokyo Copenhagen

DEL-ALA DEL-DEL Delhi Almaty

KIX-AMS KIX-KIX Osaka Amsterdam

HND-LHR HND-HND Tokyo London

British Airways

TLV-BKK TLV-TLV Tel Aviv-Yafo Bangkok

HND-FRA HND-HND Tokyo Frankfurt

HEL-DEL HEL-HEL Helsinki Delhi

KTM-ICN KTM-KTM Kathmandu Seoul

CPH-HND CPH-CPH Copenhagen Tokyo

AMS-NRT AMS-AMS Amsterdam Tokyo

BKK-HEL BKK-BKK Bangkok Helsinki

HEL-BKK HEL-HEL Helsinki Bangkok

LHR-HND LHR-LHR London Tokyo

British Airways

VIE-DEL VIE-VIE Vienna Delhi

DEL-GOI DEL-DEL Delhi Goa

ADD-DXB ADD-ADD Addis Ababa Dubai

PEK-BOS PEK-PEK Beijing Boston

Hainan Airlines

ZRH-DEL ZRH-ZRH Zurich Delhi

LHR-ICN LHR-LHR London Seoul

CDG-HND CDG-CDG Paris Tokyo

AMS-PEK AMS-AMS Amsterdam Beijing

LHR-TPE LHR-LHR London Taipei

LHR-DEL LHR-LHR London Delhi

DEL-SFO DEL-DEL Delhi San Francisco

BEG-SVO BEG-BEG Belgrade Moscow

DOH-HEL DOH-DOH Doha Helsinki

ZRH-NRT ZRH-ZRH Zurich Tokyo

DEL-CDG DEL-DEL Delhi Paris

BCN-ZRH BCN-BCN Barcelona Zurich

CDG-KIX CDG-CDG Paris Osaka

VIE-NRT VIE-VIE Vienna Tokyo

IXB-BOM IXB-IXB Bagdogra Mumbai

WAW-GYD WAW-WAW Warsaw Baku

ICN-FRA ICN-ICN Seoul Frankfurt

CCU-BOM CCU-CCU Kolkata Mumbai

ICN-AUH ICN-ICN Seoul Abu Dhabi

CDG-TPE CDG-CDG Paris Taipei

HND-JFK HND-HND Tokyo New York

American Airlines

DEN-DFW DEN-DEN Denver Dallas

American Airlines

PEW-DOH PEW-PEW Peshawar Doha

PHL-SJU PHL-PHL Philadelphia San Juan

American Airlines

CDG-ICN CDG-CDG Paris Seoul

ATH-DOH ATH-ATH Athens Doha

ISB-DXB ISB-ISB Islamabad Dubai

HYD-DEL HYD-HYD Hyderabad Delhi

CDG-PEK CDG-CDG Paris Beijing

AUH-BEY AUH-AUH Abu Dhabi Beirut

EWR-DEL EWR-EWR New York Delhi

PEW-DXB PEW-PEW Peshawar Dubai

ICN-CMB ICN-ICN Seoul Colombo

SriLankan Airlines

FRA-ICN FRA-FRA Frankfurt Seoul

DXB-RUH DXB-DXB Dubai Riyadh

LHR-PVG LHR-LHR London Shanghai

British Airways

EWR-ICN EWR-EWR New York Seoul

TAS-DEL TAS-TAS Tashkent Delhi

Uzbekistan Airways

DOH-SVO DOH-DOH Doha Moscow

CGK-KUL CGK-CGK Jakarta Kuala Lumpur

LHR-HKG LHR-LHR London Hong Kong

British Airways

HKG-LHR HKG-HKG Hong Kong London

British Airways

NBO-DOH NBO-NBO Nairobi Doha

CDG-PVG CDG-CDG Paris Shanghai

LHR-HAN LHR-LHR London Hanoi

Vietnam Airlines

BEY-DXB BEY-BEY Beirut Dubai

DOH-LCA DOH-DOH Doha Larnaca

DXB-KTM DXB-DXB Dubai Kathmandu

CCU-DEL CCU-CCU Kolkata Delhi

YYZ-LGW YYZ-YYZ Toronto London

HEL-SAW HEL-HEL Helsinki Istanbul

OOL-MEL OOL-OOL Coolangatta (Gold Coast) Melbourne

SLC-ICN SLC-SLC Salt Lake City Seoul

DAC-DEL DAC-DAC Dhaka Delhi

EBB-DXB EBB-EBB Entebbe Dubai

HND-ICN HND-HND Tokyo Seoul

LCA-DXB LCA-LCA Larnaca Dubai

DUB-CPH DUB-DUB Dublin Copenhagen

LKO-DXB LKO-LKO Lucknow Dubai

DTW-ICN DTW-DTW Detroit Seoul

DEL-YUL DEL-DEL Delhi Montreal

HKG-DEL HKG-HKG Hong Kong Delhi

BLR-DEL BLR-BLR Bengaluru Delhi

ALC-BRS ALC-ALC Alicante Bristol

CDG-BOM CDG-CDG Paris Mumbai

SEA-SFO SEA-SEA Seattle San Francisco

Alaska Airlines

ATQ-DXB ATQ-ATQ Amritsar Dubai

SIN-DPS SIN-SIN Singapore Denpasar

Garuda Indonesia

HKG-FRA HKG-HKG Hong Kong Frankfurt

COK-SGN COK-COK Kochi Ho Chi Minh City

SIN-CGK SIN-SIN Singapore Jakarta

Garuda Indonesia

KUL-KCH KUL-KUL Kuala Lumpur Kuching

BOS-ICN BOS-BOS Boston Seoul

IST-DEL IST-IST Istanbul Delhi

Turkish Airlines

BER-IST BER-BER Berlin Istanbul

Turkish Airlines

HKG-DXB HKG-HKG Hong Kong Dubai

PEW-JED PEW-PEW Peshawar Jeddah

ICN-JFK ICN-ICN Seoul New York

SFO-DXB SFO-SFO San Francisco Dubai

MSP-ICN MSP-MSP Minneapolis Seoul

CDG-VCE CDG-CDG Paris Venice

TBS-DOH TBS-TBS Tbilisi Doha

DOH-NBO DOH-DOH Doha Nairobi

LAS-DEN LAS-LAS Las Vegas Denver

FRA-HKG FRA-FRA Frankfurt Hong Kong

LAX-PEK LAX-LAX Los Angeles Beijing

DEL-JFK DEL-DEL Delhi New York

American Airlines

DTW-PVG DTW-DTW Detroit Shanghai

DEL-HKG DEL-DEL Delhi Hong Kong

MAA-HKG MAA-MAA Chennai Hong Kong

GOI-DEL GOI-GOI Goa Delhi

IST-AMM IST-IST Istanbul Amman

Royal Jordanian

FRA-DEL FRA-FRA Frankfurt Delhi

SFO-PEK SFO-SFO San Francisco Beijing

NRT-DXB NRT-NRT Tokyo Dubai

DOH-ARN DOH-DOH Doha Stockholm

BEY-DOH BEY-BEY Beirut Doha

Middle East Airlines

HKG-JFK HKG-HKG Hong Kong New York

SIN-MUC SIN-SIN Singapore Munich

AMS-DEL AMS-AMS Amsterdam Delhi

ATL-ICN ATL-ATL Atlanta Seoul

BOM-SIN BOM-BOM Mumbai Singapore

EWR-SIN EWR-EWR New York Singapore

Singapore Airlines

JFK-ICN JFK-JFK New York Seoul

LAX-JFK LAX-LAX Los Angeles New York

American Airlines

BKK-CDG BKK-BKK Bangkok Paris

AMM-DXB AMM-AMM Amman Dubai

HKG-BOS HKG-HKG Hong Kong Boston

JFK-SIN JFK-JFK New York Singapore

Singapore Airlines

PEK-HND PEK-PEK Beijing Tokyo

Hainan Airlines

BLR-SFO BLR-BLR Bengaluru San Francisco

DEL-BAH DEL-DEL Delhi Bahrain

IAD-ICN IAD-IAD Dulles Seoul

DEL-VIE DEL-DEL Delhi Vienna

IST-HKG IST-IST Istanbul Hong Kong

Turkish Airlines

DEL-KTM DEL-DEL Delhi Kathmandu

DEL-DOH DEL-DEL Delhi Doha

YYZ-ICN YYZ-YYZ Toronto Seoul

AMM-DOH AMM-AMM Amman Doha

PHX-JFK PHX-PHX Phoenix New York

American Airlines

LGW-MLA LGW-LGW London Malta

KM Malta Airlines

TLV-AUH TLV-TLV Tel Aviv-Yafo Abu Dhabi

DEL-ZRH DEL-DEL Delhi Zurich

CDG-HAN CDG-CDG Paris Hanoi

Vietnam Airlines

NBO-AMS NBO-NBO Nairobi Amsterdam

DEL-CCU DEL-DEL Delhi Kolkata

IST-NRT IST-IST Istanbul Tokyo

Turkish Airlines

DEL-IXB DEL-DEL Delhi Bagdogra

CDG-HKG CDG-CDG Paris Hong Kong

SEA-ICN SEA-SEA Seattle Seoul

LHR-BKK LHR-LHR London Bangkok

JED-MUX JED-JED Jeddah Multan

PHX-SJC PHX-PHX Phoenix San Jose

FCO-DOH FCO-FCO Rome Doha

DEL-HYD DEL-DEL Delhi Hyderabad

TPE-JFK TPE-TPE Taipei New York

CPH-BKK CPH-CPH Copenhagen Bangkok

TRV-DEL TRV-TRV Thiruvananthapuram Delhi

AMS-SIN AMS-AMS Amsterdam Singapore

SYD-ADL SYD-SYD Sydney Adelaide

IAH-DOH IAH-IAH Houston Doha

LAX-DXB LAX-LAX Los Angeles Dubai

MAN-PRG MAN-MAN Manchester Prague

PNQ-DEL PNQ-PNQ Pune Delhi

DOH-ALA DOH-DOH Doha Almaty

GOT-IST GOT-GOT Gothenburg Istanbul

Turkish Airlines

IST-KTM IST-IST Istanbul Kathmandu

Turkish Airlines

KTM-IST KTM-KTM Kathmandu Istanbul

Turkish Airlines

STN-FCO STN-STN London Rome

PER-SIN PER-PER Perth Singapore

LHR-SGN LHR-LHR London Ho Chi Minh City

Vietnam Airlines

DEL-YVR DEL-DEL Delhi Vancouver

ICN-ATL ICN-ICN Seoul Atlanta

IST-DOH IST-IST Istanbul Doha

SHJ-LHE SHJ-SHJ Sharjah Lahore

JFK-DEL JFK-JFK New York Delhi

American Airlines

SAW-JED SAW-SAW Istanbul Jeddah

COK-DEL COK-COK Kochi Delhi

HKG-YYZ HKG-HKG Hong Kong Toronto

SFO-BOM SFO-SFO San Francisco Mumbai

DXB-JED DXB-DXB Dubai Jeddah

LHR-VCE LHR-LHR London Venice

British Airways

MUC-DEL MUC-MUC Munich Delhi

DAC-DXB DAC-DAC Dhaka Dubai

ICN-DFW ICN-ICN Seoul Dallas

American Airlines

FRA-BKK FRA-FRA Frankfurt Bangkok

AMS-BOM AMS-AMS Amsterdam Mumbai

BLR-SIN BLR-BLR Bengaluru Singapore

Singapore Airlines

BKK-VIE BKK-BKK Bangkok Vienna

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