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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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Route
Airline
Great circle
Recorded
Diff
SVO-IST SVO-SVO Moscow Istanbul
Aeroflot
1095 mi
2199 mi
101%
ICN-HEL ICN-ICN Seoul Helsinki
Finnair
4393 mi
7555 mi
72%
VKO-IST VKO-VKO Moscow Istanbul
Turkish Airlines
1069 mi
1655 mi
55%
HND-HEL HND-HND Tokyo Helsinki
Finnair
4887 mi
7375 mi
51%
IST-VKO IST-IST Istanbul Moscow
Turkish Airlines
1069 mi
1607 mi
50%
KIX-HEL KIX-KIX Osaka Helsinki
Finnair
4831 mi
7213 mi
49%
TLV-DME TLV-TLV Tel Aviv-Yafo Moscow
El Al
1631 mi
2424 mi
49%
HEL-ICN HEL-HEL Helsinki Seoul
Finnair
4393 mi
6524 mi
49%
CDG-NDJ CDG-CDG Paris Ndjamena
Air France
2661 mi
3933 mi
48%
HEL-KIX HEL-HEL Helsinki Osaka
Finnair
4831 mi
7079 mi
47%
ARN-HND ARN-ARN Stockholm Tokyo
ANA
5102 mi
7446 mi
46%
DFW-DEN DFW-DFW Dallas Denver
American Airlines
644 mi
937 mi
45%
ABV-DOH ABV-ABV Abuja Doha
Qatar Airways
3135 mi
4466 mi
42%
HEL-HND HEL-HEL Helsinki Tokyo
Finnair
4887 mi
6882 mi
41%
NRT-WAW NRT-NRT Tokyo Warsaw
LOT
5382 mi
7573 mi
41%
DXB-HEL DXB-DXB Dubai Helsinki
Finnair
2835 mi
3986 mi
41%
HEL-PVG HEL-HEL Helsinki Shanghai
Finnair
4618 mi
6484 mi
40%
HEL-NRT HEL-HEL Helsinki Tokyo
Finnair
4891 mi
6860 mi
40%
NRT-HEL NRT-NRT Tokyo Helsinki
Finnair
4891 mi
6840 mi
40%
ADB-VKO ADB-ADB Izmir Moscow
Pegasus
1292 mi
1806 mi
40%
HND-ARN HND-HND Tokyo Stockholm
ANA
5102 mi
7111 mi
39%
LOS-DOH LOS-LOS Lagos Doha
Qatar Airways
3453 mi
4782 mi
38%
VII-SGN VII-VII Vinh City Ho Chi Minh City
Bamboo Airways
552 mi
753 mi
36%
HEL-HKG HEL-HEL Helsinki Hong Kong
Finnair
4879 mi
6643 mi
36%
HKG-HEL HKG-HKG Hong Kong Helsinki
Finnair
4879 mi
6608 mi
35%
HEL-DOH HEL-HEL Helsinki Doha
Finnair
2747 mi
3720 mi
35%
HND-CPH HND-HND Tokyo Copenhagen
SAS
5440 mi
7343 mi
35%
DEL-ALA DEL-DEL Delhi Almaty
Air Astana
1027 mi
1385 mi
35%
HND-MUC HND-HND Tokyo Munich
Lufthansa
5847 mi
7856 mi
34%
CPH-DEL CPH-CPH Copenhagen Delhi
Air India
3648 mi
4900 mi
34%
KIX-AMS KIX-KIX Osaka Amsterdam
KLM
5774 mi
7727 mi
34%
KIX-CDG KIX-KIX Osaka Paris
Air France
6015 mi
8043 mi
34%
HND-LHR HND-HND Tokyo London
British Airways
5992 mi
8011 mi
34%
LHR-MAD LHR-LHR London Madrid
British Airways
778 mi
1029 mi
32%
TLV-BKK TLV-TLV Tel Aviv-Yafo Bangkok
El Al
4340 mi
5732 mi
32%
SVO-SSH SVO-SVO Moscow Sharm el Sheikh
Air Cairo
1951 mi
2576 mi
32%
HND-FRA HND-HND Tokyo Frankfurt
Lufthansa
5848 mi
7711 mi
32%
BKK-TLV BKK-BKK Bangkok Tel Aviv-Yafo
Arkia
4340 mi
5682 mi
31%
BKK-ALA BKK-BKK Bangkok Almaty
Air Astana
2499 mi
3270 mi
31%
DEL-HEL DEL-DEL Delhi Helsinki
Finnair
3263 mi
4268 mi
31%
SHE-NRT SHE-SHE Shenyang Tokyo
China Southern
1001 mi
1309 mi
31%
DOH-ATQ DOH-DOH Doha Amritsar
Qatar Airways
1481 mi
1933 mi
31%
HND-CDG HND-HND Tokyo Paris
Air France
6065 mi
7906 mi
30%
NRT-ZRH NRT-NRT Tokyo Zurich
SWISS
5995 mi
7791 mi
30%
TLV-GYD TLV-TLV Tel Aviv-Yafo Baku
Arkia
1030 mi
1337 mi
30%
ICN-CPH ICN-ICN Seoul Copenhagen
SAS
4951 mi
6414 mi
30%
BRU-NRT BRU-BRU Brussels Tokyo
ANA
5910 mi
7655 mi
30%
AYT-DXB AYT-AYT Antalya Dubai
Pegasus
1663 mi
2150 mi
29%
HEL-DEL HEL-HEL Helsinki Delhi
Finnair
3263 mi
4217 mi
29%
KTM-ICN KTM-KTM Kathmandu Seoul
Korean Air
2477 mi
3194 mi
29%
NRT-BRU NRT-NRT Tokyo Brussels
ANA
5910 mi
7617 mi
29%
CPH-ICN CPH-CPH Copenhagen Seoul
SAS
4951 mi
6371 mi
29%
NRT-AMS NRT-NRT Tokyo Amsterdam
KLM
5823 mi
7451 mi
28%
WAW-NRT WAW-WAW Warsaw Tokyo
LOT
5382 mi
6885 mi
28%
CPH-HND CPH-CPH Copenhagen Tokyo
SAS
5440 mi
6948 mi
28%
AMS-NRT AMS-AMS Amsterdam Tokyo
KLM
5823 mi
7411 mi
27%
ICN-CTS ICN-ICN Seoul Sapporo
Korean Air
888 mi
1128 mi
27%
BKK-HEL BKK-BKK Bangkok Helsinki
Finnair
4941 mi
6261 mi
27%
TLV-HKT TLV-TLV Tel Aviv-Yafo Phuket
El Al
4393 mi
5536 mi
26%
IST-RUH IST-IST Istanbul Riyadh
Saudia
1534 mi
1929 mi
26%
AMS-KIX AMS-AMS Amsterdam Osaka
KLM
5774 mi
7256 mi
26%
HEL-BKK HEL-HEL Helsinki Bangkok
Finnair
4941 mi
6203 mi
26%
PEK-AMS PEK-PEK Beijing Amsterdam
KLM
4891 mi
6140 mi
26%
HKG-ICN HKG-HKG Hong Kong Seoul
Cathay Pacific
1292 mi
1618 mi
25%
DPS-SIN DPS-DPS Denpasar Singapore
Garuda Indonesia
1045 mi
1308 mi
25%
LHR-HND LHR-LHR London Tokyo
British Airways
5992 mi
7483 mi
25%
VIE-DEL VIE-VIE Vienna Delhi
Air India
3465 mi
4314 mi
25%
DEL-GOI DEL-DEL Delhi Goa
Air India
940 mi
1169 mi
24%
HKT-BLR HKT-HKT Phuket Bengaluru
Akasa Air
1450 mi
1803 mi
24%
TPE-LHR TPE-TPE Taipei London
China Airlines
6112 mi
7592 mi
24%
ADD-DXB ADD-ADD Addis Ababa Dubai
Emirates
1573 mi
1953 mi
24%
VNO-IST VNO-VNO Vilnius Istanbul
Turkish Airlines
942 mi
1169 mi
24%
PKX-RUH PKX-PKX Beijing Riyadh
Saudia
4117 mi
5106 mi
24%
ICN-AMS ICN-ICN Seoul Amsterdam
Korean Air
5343 mi
6598 mi
23%
ICN-HKG ICN-ICN Seoul Hong Kong
Cathay Pacific
1292 mi
1592 mi
23%
SVO-BEG SVO-SVO Moscow Belgrade
Air Serbia
1078 mi
1325 mi
23%
NRT-MAD NRT-NRT Tokyo Madrid
Iberia
6731 mi
8266 mi
23%
WAW-ICN WAW-WAW Warsaw Seoul
LOT
4827 mi
5925 mi
23%
DEL-AMS DEL-DEL Delhi Amsterdam
Air India
3975 mi
4877 mi
23%
LHR-MXP LHR-LHR London Milan
British Airways
584 mi
716 mi
23%
BHX-DEL BHX-BHX Birmingham Delhi
Air India
4247 mi
5203 mi
23%
MXP-HND MXP-MXP Milan Tokyo
ANA
6085 mi
7453 mi
22%
DEL-FRA DEL-DEL Delhi Frankfurt
Air India
3824 mi
4676 mi
22%
ICN-LHR ICN-ICN Seoul London
Korean Air
5536 mi
6766 mi
22%
PEK-BOS PEK-PEK Beijing Boston
Hainan Airlines
6758 mi
8255 mi
22%
AMS-ICN AMS-AMS Amsterdam Seoul
Korean Air
5343 mi
6515 mi
22%
AMS-TPE AMS-AMS Amsterdam Taipei
China Airlines
5900 mi
7190 mi
22%
TPE-FRA TPE-TPE Taipei Frankfurt
China Airlines
5851 mi
7130 mi
22%
FRA-HND FRA-FRA Frankfurt Tokyo
Lufthansa
5848 mi
7118 mi
22%
ICN-PVG ICN-ICN Seoul Shanghai
China Southern
513 mi
622 mi
21%
YVR-SFO YVR-YVR Vancouver San Francisco
Air Canada
805 mi
976 mi
21%
ICN-DEL ICN-ICN Seoul Delhi
Air India
2906 mi
3522 mi
21%
ZRH-DEL ZRH-ZRH Zurich Delhi
Air India
3841 mi
4651 mi
21%
TPE-VIE TPE-TPE Taipei Vienna
EVA Air
5603 mi
6777 mi
21%
LHR-ICN LHR-LHR London Seoul
Korean Air
5536 mi
6695 mi
21%
CDG-HND CDG-CDG Paris Tokyo
Air France
6065 mi
7319 mi
21%
AMS-PEK AMS-AMS Amsterdam Beijing
KLM
4891 mi
5900 mi
21%
SFO-DOH SFO-SFO San Francisco Doha
Qatar Airways
8119 mi
9793 mi
21%
LHR-TPE LHR-LHR London Taipei
China Airlines
6112 mi
7372 mi
21%
SIN-HEL SIN-SIN Singapore Helsinki
Finnair
5794 mi
6973 mi
20%
LHR-DEL LHR-LHR London Delhi
Air India
4205 mi
5057 mi
20%
DEL-SFO DEL-DEL Delhi San Francisco
Air India
7735 mi
9301 mi
20%
BEG-SVO BEG-BEG Belgrade Moscow
Air Serbia
1078 mi
1296 mi
20%
HAN-SIN HAN-HAN Hanoi Singapore
Singapore Airlines
1385 mi
1662 mi
20%
DOH-HEL DOH-DOH Doha Helsinki
Finnair
2747 mi
3296 mi
20%
ZRH-NRT ZRH-ZRH Zurich Tokyo
SWISS
5995 mi
7184 mi
20%
DEL-CDG DEL-DEL Delhi Paris
Air France
4102 mi
4901 mi
19%
ICN-PRG ICN-ICN Seoul Prague
Korean Air
5146 mi
6148 mi
19%
PVG-AMS PVG-PVG Shanghai Amsterdam
KLM
5566 mi
6643 mi
19%
ICN-DTW ICN-ICN Seoul Detroit
Delta
6657 mi
7945 mi
19%
PVG-LHR PVG-PVG Shanghai London
British Airways
5773 mi
6886 mi
19%
MUC-HND MUC-MUC Munich Tokyo
Lufthansa
5847 mi
6974 mi
19%
BCN-ZRH BCN-BCN Barcelona Zurich
SWISS
535 mi
638 mi
19%
CDG-KIX CDG-CDG Paris Osaka
Air France
6015 mi
7172 mi
19%
VIE-NRT VIE-VIE Vienna Tokyo
Austrian
5720 mi
6817 mi
19%
HEL-HKT HEL-HEL Helsinki Phuket
Finnair
5193 mi
6188 mi
19%
DAR-DOH DAR-DAR Dar Es Salaam Doha
Qatar Airways
2386 mi
2838 mi
19%
CJU-NRT CJU-CJU Jeju Tokyo
Korean Air
809 mi
962 mi
19%
PRG-ICN PRG-PRG Prague Seoul
Korean Air
5146 mi
6117 mi
19%
FRA-TPE FRA-FRA Frankfurt Taipei
China Airlines
5851 mi
6945 mi
19%
AMS-PVG AMS-AMS Amsterdam Shanghai
KLM
5566 mi
6604 mi
19%
IXB-BOM IXB-IXB Bagdogra Mumbai
Akasa Air
1121 mi
1330 mi
19%
WAW-GYD WAW-WAW Warsaw Baku
LOT
1599 mi
1895 mi
19%
HEL-SIN HEL-HEL Helsinki Singapore
Finnair
5794 mi
6864 mi
18%
VIE-HND VIE-VIE Vienna Tokyo
ANA
5712 mi
6766 mi
18%
ICN-CDG ICN-ICN Seoul Paris
Air France
5578 mi
6607 mi
18%
DCA-PBI DCA-DCA Washington West Palm Beach
American Airlines
864 mi
1022 mi
18%
ICN-FRA ICN-ICN Seoul Frankfurt
Korean Air
5338 mi
6294 mi
18%
CCU-BOM CCU-CCU Kolkata Mumbai
Air India
1041 mi
1227 mi
18%
ICN-AUH ICN-ICN Seoul Abu Dhabi
Etihad
4271 mi
5033 mi
18%
CDG-TPE CDG-CDG Paris Taipei
EVA Air
6114 mi
7203 mi
18%
PEK-YVR PEK-PEK Beijing Vancouver
Air Canada
5305 mi
6248 mi
18%
ARN-BKK ARN-ARN Stockholm Bangkok
Thai Airways
5183 mi
6103 mi
18%
HND-JFK HND-HND Tokyo New York
American Airlines
6795 mi
7979 mi
17%
DEN-DFW DEN-DEN Denver Dallas
American Airlines
644 mi
756 mi
17%
FLL-EWR FLL-FLL Fort Lauderdale New York
Spirit
1072 mi
1258 mi
17%
STR-DXB STR-STR Stuttgart Dubai
Condor
2971 mi
3484 mi
17%
AUH-LHR AUH-AUH Abu Dhabi London
British Airways
3446 mi
4041 mi
17%
ATL-SXM ATL-ATL Atlanta Sint Maarten
Delta
1711 mi
2006 mi
17%
PEW-DOH PEW-PEW Peshawar Doha
PIA
1342 mi
1573 mi
17%
PEK-CDG PEK-PEK Beijing Paris
Air France
5117 mi
5995 mi
17%
PHL-SJU PHL-PHL Philadelphia San Juan
American Airlines
1588 mi
1859 mi
17%
CDG-ICN CDG-CDG Paris Seoul
Air France
5578 mi
6520 mi
17%
DEL-EWR DEL-DEL Delhi New York
Air India
7350 mi
8591 mi
17%
ATH-DOH ATH-ATH Athens Doha
Qatar Airways
1848 mi
2160 mi
17%
ISB-DXB ISB-ISB Islamabad Dubai
Emirates
1201 mi
1403 mi
17%
BUD-DXB BUD-BUD Budapest Dubai
Emirates
2505 mi
2924 mi
17%
HYD-DEL HYD-HYD Hyderabad Delhi
Air India
790 mi
922 mi
17%
HKG-TPE HKG-HKG Hong Kong Taipei
EVA Air
503 mi
587 mi
17%
VIE-TPE VIE-VIE Vienna Taipei
EVA Air
5603 mi
6538 mi
17%
PVG-FRA PVG-PVG Shanghai Frankfurt
Lufthansa
5533 mi
6454 mi
17%
CDG-PEK CDG-CDG Paris Beijing
Air France
5117 mi
5961 mi
16%
IST-HAN IST-IST Istanbul Hanoi
Turkish Airlines
4634 mi
5395 mi
16%
ICN-YVR ICN-ICN Seoul Vancouver
Air Canada
5124 mi
5952 mi
16%
RIX-DXB RIX-RIX Riga Dubai
Air Baltic
2699 mi
3134 mi
16%
AUH-BEY AUH-AUH Abu Dhabi Beirut
Etihad
1329 mi
1543 mi
16%
BOM-ALA BOM-BOM Mumbai Almaty
Air Astana
1703 mi
1977 mi
16%
AMM-IST AMM-AMM Amman Istanbul
Royal Jordanian
775 mi
899 mi
16%
HKG-SHA HKG-HKG Hong Kong Shanghai
Cathay Pacific
769 mi
892 mi
16%
MAD-NRT MAD-MAD Madrid Tokyo
Iberia
6731 mi
7807 mi
16%
SOF-DOH SOF-SOF Sofia Doha
Qatar Airways
2009 mi
2330 mi
16%
ICN-CNX ICN-ICN Seoul Chiang Mai
Korean Air
2112 mi
2447 mi
16%
PVG-CDG PVG-PVG Shanghai Paris
Air France
5789 mi
6702 mi
16%
EWR-DEL EWR-EWR New York Delhi
Air India
7350 mi
8508 mi
16%
DOH-LHR DOH-DOH Doha London
British Airways
3274 mi
3789 mi
16%
PEW-DXB PEW-PEW Peshawar Dubai
Emirates
1146 mi
1326 mi
16%
BKK-OSL BKK-BKK Bangkok Oslo
Thai Airways
5418 mi
6267 mi
16%
ICN-BKK ICN-ICN Seoul Bangkok
Air Busan
2291 mi
2649 mi
16%
DEL-DXB DEL-DEL Delhi Dubai
Air India
1364 mi
1577 mi
16%
ICN-CMB ICN-ICN Seoul Colombo
SriLankan Airlines
3603 mi
4163 mi
16%
DOH-BOM DOH-DOH Doha Mumbai
Air India
1430 mi
1652 mi
16%
IST-LED IST-IST Istanbul Saint Petersburg
Turkish Airlines
1289 mi
1489 mi
16%
BUD-ICN BUD-BUD Budapest Seoul
Korean Air
5085 mi
5870 mi
15%
MUC-KIX MUC-MUC Munich Osaka
Lufthansa
5773 mi
6661 mi
15%
FRA-ICN FRA-FRA Frankfurt Seoul
Korean Air
5338 mi
6159 mi
15%
FRA-NCL FRA-FRA Frankfurt Newcastle
Lufthansa
554 mi
639 mi
15%
PEK-HND PEK-PEK Beijing Tokyo
ANA
1305 mi
1504 mi
15%
HKG-MAN HKG-HKG Hong Kong Manchester
Cathay Pacific
6010 mi
6925 mi
15%
ICN-MUC ICN-ICN Seoul Munich
Lufthansa
5311 mi
6119 mi
15%
DXB-RUH DXB-DXB Dubai Riyadh
Emirates
544 mi
626 mi
15%
VIE-ICN VIE-VIE Vienna Seoul
Korean Air
5153 mi
5929 mi
15%
LHR-PVG LHR-LHR London Shanghai
British Airways
5773 mi
6642 mi
15%
HKG-PVG HKG-HKG Hong Kong Shanghai
Cathay Pacific
784 mi
902 mi
15%
EWR-ICN EWR-EWR New York Seoul
Air Premia
6919 mi
7957 mi
15%
ALB-CLT ALB-ALB Albany Charlotte
American Airlines
649 mi
746 mi
15%
FRA-CUN FRA-FRA Frankfurt Cancun
Condor
5377 mi
6170 mi
15%
TAS-DEL TAS-TAS Tashkent Delhi
Uzbekistan Airways
986 mi
1131 mi
15%
DOH-SVO DOH-DOH Doha Moscow
Qatar Airways
2251 mi
2581 mi
15%
CGK-KUL CGK-CGK Jakarta Kuala Lumpur
AirAsia
704 mi
807 mi
15%
MUC-ICN MUC-MUC Munich Seoul
Lufthansa
5311 mi
6088 mi
15%
LHR-HKG LHR-LHR London Hong Kong
British Airways
6017 mi
6897 mi
15%
TLL-IST TLL-TLL Tallinn Istanbul
Turkish Airlines
1272 mi
1457 mi
15%
VIE-PVG VIE-VIE Vienna Shanghai
Austrian
5308 mi
6079 mi
15%
HKG-LHR HKG-HKG Hong Kong London
British Airways
6017 mi
6890 mi
15%
MUC-BOM MUC-MUC Munich Mumbai
Lufthansa
3943 mi
4514 mi
14%
PVG-MUC PVG-PVG Shanghai Munich
Lufthansa
5483 mi
6277 mi
14%
NBO-DOH NBO-NBO Nairobi Doha
Qatar Airways
2095 mi
2398 mi
14%
PEK-MUC PEK-PEK Beijing Munich
Lufthansa
4825 mi
5522 mi
14%
CDG-PVG CDG-CDG Paris Shanghai
Air France
5789 mi
6625 mi
14%
HKG-CNX HKG-HKG Hong Kong Chiang Mai
HK Express
1002 mi
1146 mi
14%

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