✈ ICN → AUH
SEOUL → ABU DHABI: 8H 53M, 4,248 MILES. WELCOME TO THE LONG GAME.
Flight from Seoul to Abu Dhabi
From Incheon (ICN), South Korea Asia → Abu Dhabi International (AUH), UAE Middle East
↔ Flying the other way? Abu Dhabi → Seoul
How long is the flight from Seoul to Abu Dhabi?
A nonstop flight from Seoul (ICN) to Abu Dhabi (AUH) takes about 8 hours 53 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 4,248 miles (6,837 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
8h 53m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
4,248 mi
6,837 km · great-circle
Avg speed
769 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Seoul timezone
UTC+9
Asia/Seoul
Abu Dhabi timezone
UTC+4
Asia/Dubai
Time difference
-5h
5 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~3.5d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Seoul
Nearest destinations
- Seoul → Shanghai
- Seoul → Osaka
- Seoul → Beijing
- Seoul → Tokyo
- Seoul → Taipei
- Seoul → Hong Kong
- Seoul → Manila
- Seoul → Bangkok
- Seoul → Kuala Lumpur
- Seoul → Singapore
Long-haul from Seoul
- Seoul → Buenos Aires
- Seoul → Santiago
- Seoul → São Paulo
- Seoul → Rio de Janeiro
- Seoul → Cape Town
- Seoul → Cancun
- Seoul → Miami
- Seoul → Johannesburg
- Seoul → Mexico City
- Seoul → Atlanta
More flights to Middle East
Flights to Abu Dhabi
Nearest origins
- Dubai → Abu Dhabi
- Doha → Abu Dhabi
- Mumbai → Abu Dhabi
- Tel Aviv → Abu Dhabi
- Delhi → Abu Dhabi
- Cairo → Abu Dhabi
- Istanbul → Abu Dhabi
- Athens → Abu Dhabi
- Bucharest → Abu Dhabi
- Nairobi → Abu Dhabi
Long-haul to Abu Dhabi
- Santiago → Abu Dhabi
- Mexico City → Abu Dhabi
- Auckland → Abu Dhabi
- Buenos Aires → Abu Dhabi
- Los Angeles → Abu Dhabi
- Cancun → Abu Dhabi
- Las Vegas → Abu Dhabi
- San Francisco → Abu Dhabi
- Dallas → Abu Dhabi
- Miami → Abu Dhabi