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✈ ZRH → AUH

6H 26M. ZURICH TO ABU DHABI. YOUR BACK WILL FILE A COMPLAINT.

Flight time
6h 26m
Distance
2,970 mi
Or
4,779 km
Jet lag
2h

Flight from Zurich to Abu Dhabi

From Zurich Airport (ZRH), Switzerland Europe  →  Abu Dhabi International (AUH), UAE Middle East

↔ Flying the other way? Abu Dhabi → Zurich

How long is the flight from Zurich to Abu Dhabi?

A nonstop flight from Zurich (ZRH) to Abu Dhabi (AUH) takes about 6 hours 26 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 2,970 miles (4,779 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

6h 26m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

2,970 mi

4,779 km · great-circle

Avg speed

742 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Zurich timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Zurich

Abu Dhabi timezone

UTC+4

Asia/Dubai

Time difference

+2h

2 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~2d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 707 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 817 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 196 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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