DXBOMDB
September 30, 2025 – October 6, 20257 days3,447 flights1,184,394 ADS-B points
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About the data

Flights reconstructed from ADS-B — the position signal modern aircraft broadcast to air traffic. Coverage is strongest across North America and Europe, thinner over oceans, polar regions, and parts of Asia and Africa.

Long-haul flights whose paths cross sparsely-covered areas may appear with an unknown origin or destination — the receiver network loses sight of them mid-ocean. We mark those unknown rather than guess. Every flight is still counted in the totals; the route-by-route breakdown filters to flights with identified endpoints.

DXB logged 3,447 flights across seven days from September 30 to October 6, 2025, averaging 492 movements per day and 20.5 per hour. Arrivals dominated the capture window heavily, accounting for 3,229 of those flights against only 218 departures. Traffic ran around the clock without interruption, with the busiest single hour falling at noon local time (212 total movements, 206 of them arrivals) and a secondary peak at midnight (208 arrivals). The early morning hours from 1 to 3 local time were the quietest, dipping as low as 94 to 107 total movements per hour. October 1 was the busiest day of the week at 535 movements. The approach traffic split predominantly from the west-northwest, with 1,037 tracked arrivals entering from that direction. ESE was the second most common approach direction at 589, followed by NW at 348. Departures showed a similar WNW preference at 78 of 218 recorded. Among identifiable routes, Muscat (MCT) generated the most traffic at 68 combined movements, with Doha (DOH) second at 45. Sharjah (SHJ) and Al Minhad Air Base (NHD) each contributed 14 arrivals. The 1,003 unique aircraft observed included registrations from at least 38 countries, with UAE-registered aircraft leading at 335 followed by India at 212. Altitude data spanned from ground level to a peak of 47,475 feet, recorded by US-registered N627SS on an arrival covering 374.7 nautical miles. The largest concentration of ADS-B position points fell in the 0 to 1,000 foot band, reflecting the volume of approach and departure phases captured close to the field. Average groundspeed across all tracked legs was 298 knots, with a maximum of 645.6 knots recorded. Total tracked distance across the week came to 900,019 nautical miles, drawn from 1,184,394 individual ADS-B position points.

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Summary

Total Flights

3,447

Arrivals

3,229

Departures

218

Unique Aircraft

1,003

Peak Day Flights

535

Avg / Day

492

Notable Flights

Shortest

3 NM2 min

From DXBDubai International Airport

A6-FKL

Longest

1559 NM212 min

A6-ENB

Highest

47,475 ft375 NM

N627SS

Most Active

17flights

A6-FKI

Day Highlights

Each day in +04 time

Busiest Day

Oct 1, 2025

535 flights · 522 arr / 13 dep

Quietest Day

Oct 3, 2025

430 flights · 395 arr / 35 dep

Avg Daily Flights

492

across 7 days

Performance

Max Altitude

47,475ft

Avg Altitude

14,528ft

Max Groundspeed

645.6kts

Avg Groundspeed

298kts

Total Distance

900,020NM

Avg Leg Distance

261NM

Avg Leg Duration

44min

Traffic Flow

Arrivals
Departures
N32 · 12NE234 · 21E315 · 30SE816 · 40S172 · 17SW46 · 6W229 · 14NW1385 · 78

Flight Trails

DXB flight trails on a state-border basemap

Routes

Arriving from

MCT
Muscat International Airport61
DOH
Hamad International Airport44
NHD
Al Minhad Air Base14
SHJ
Sharjah International Airport14
JED
King Abdulaziz International Airport9
BND
Bandar Abbas International Airport8
AZI
Al Bateen Executive Airport3
LFM
Lamerd Airport3
KNR
Jam Airport3
GSM
Qeshm Dayrestan International Airport3
DWC
Al Maktoum International Airport2
PGU
Persian Gulf International Airport2
OIBH
Bastak Airport2
DIA
Doha International Airport1
PJG
Panjgur Airport1

Departing to

MCT
Muscat International Airport7
NHD
Al Minhad Air Base2
DOH
Hamad International Airport1
AZI
Al Bateen Executive Airport1
DWC
Al Maktoum International Airport1
PNQ
Pune International Airport1
HDR
Havadarya Airport1
VIDD
Safdarjung Airport1
LRR
Lar Airport1
BOM
Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport1

Aircraft by Registration Country

United Arab Emirates335
India212
Unknown109
China39
Türkiye31
Myanmar (Burma)26
Jordan24
Pakistan23
United Kingdom22
Croatia17

Aircraft

1003 unique aircraft

A6-FKI
17 flights
A6-FKT
17 flights
A6-FQL
16 flights
A6-FNC
16 flights
A6-FKO
16 flights
A6-FNA
16 flights
A6-FKH
16 flights
A6-FKM
16 flights
A6-FKN
16 flights
A6-FQI
16 flights
A6-FKL
15 flights
A6-FKE
15 flights
A6-FKP
15 flights
A6-FKD
15 flights
A6-FQD
14 flights
A6-FGB
14 flights
A6-FEU
14 flights
A6-FKJ
14 flights
A6-FKC
14 flights
A6-FMD
14 flights

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