✈ AKL → AUH

17H 41M, 8,835 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.

Flight time
17h 41m
Distance
8,835 mi
Or
14,219 km
Jet lag
8h

Flight from Auckland to Abu Dhabi

From Auckland Airport (AKL), New Zealand Oceania  →  Abu Dhabi International (AUH), UAE Middle East

↔ Flying the other way? Abu Dhabi → Auckland

How long is the flight from Auckland to Abu Dhabi?

A nonstop flight from Auckland (AKL) to Abu Dhabi (AUH) takes about 17 hours 41 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,835 miles (14,219 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

17h 41m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

8,835 mi

14,219 km · great-circle

Avg speed

804 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Auckland timezone

UTC+12

Pacific/Auckland

Abu Dhabi timezone

UTC+4

Asia/Dubai

Time difference

-8h

8 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~5.6d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 2104 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2431 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 583 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.