AI131 distance and great-circle path
AI131 covers 7,212 km, or 4,482 miles. That makes it a long-haul flight, a widebody route with a full night's flying time. Of the 255 routes we track, it ranks 124 by distance.
The plane leaves Mumbai heading north-west. On the map above, the line looks curved. That is normal. The shortest path over a round planet never looks straight on a flat screen. Our guide explains how the BOM–LHR route appears on a tracker map.
Why AI131 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 9.7 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 746 km/h. An Airbus A350-900 cruises faster than that. The gap is taxi time, climbing, descending and holding.
Winds aloft shift the real flight time by up to an hour in either direction. See how high-altitude winds behave in our guide to turbulence and jet streams.
Can the Airbus A350-900 comfortably fly AI131?
Not at all. At roughly 48% of its range, this is an easy trip for an Airbus A350-900. The airline picked it for cabin size, not distance. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Airbus A350-900.
What to know about AI131
- Time change: you land 4 hours behind the time you left.