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✈ SYD → AUH

15H 7M IN ECONOMY = A FELONY AGAINST YOURSELF. UPGRADE.

Flight time
15h 7m
Distance
7,494 mi
Or
12,061 km
Jet lag
6h

Flight from Sydney to Abu Dhabi

From Kingsford Smith (SYD), Australia Oceania  →  Abu Dhabi International (AUH), UAE Middle East

↔ Flying the other way? Abu Dhabi → Sydney

How long is the flight from Sydney to Abu Dhabi?

A nonstop flight from Sydney (SYD) to Abu Dhabi (AUH) takes about 15 hours 7 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 7,494 miles (12,061 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

15h 7m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

7,494 mi

12,061 km · great-circle

Avg speed

798 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Sydney timezone

UTC+10

Australia/Sydney

Abu Dhabi timezone

UTC+4

Asia/Dubai

Time difference

-6h

6 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~4.2d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1785 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2062 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 495 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.

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