EK356 distance and great-circle path
EK356 covers 6,547 km, or 4,068 miles. That makes it a long-haul flight, a widebody route with a full night's flying time. Of the 375 routes we track, it ranks 169 by distance.
This flight changes hemisphere. Dubai sits in the northern half of the world and Jakarta in the southern, so the 6,547 km run south-east lands in the opposite season to the one it left. Watches move 3 hours forward between the two gates. It links United Arab Emirates with Indonesia.
Our guide explains how the DXB-CGK route appears on a tracker map.
Can the Boeing 777-300ER comfortably fly EK356?
Not at all. At roughly 48% of its range, this is an easy trip for a Boeing 777-300ER. The airline picked it for cabin size, not distance. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Boeing 777-300ER.
What to know about EK356
- Time change: you land 3 hours ahead of the time you left.
- Crosses the equator: you swap seasons between takeoff and landing.