When I was living in Spain, I used to love how I could head out of work on Friday evening, go to the airport and catch a flight to a nearby country for just a weekend getaway. Since moving to Amman, I’ve so far only been to Lebanon for a quick 48 hour trip, but I am always up to travel more so I thought I’d investigate a bit into what direct flights there are out of the Queen Alia International Airport in Amman.
Here’s what I found, organized by flight duration…
Flights less than 1 hour
- Aqaba, Jordan – 55m
- Tel Aviv, Israel – 45m
Flights 2 hours and less
- Alexandria, Egypt – 1h 40m
- Ankara, Turkey – 1h 55m
- Asyut, Egypt – 1h 30m
- Baghdad, Iraq – 1h 30m
- Basra, Iraq – 2h
- Beirut, Lebanon – 1h 30m
- Cairo, Egypt – 1h 30m
- Erbil, Iraq – 1h 55m
- Larnaca, Cyprus – 1h 15m
- Medina, Saudi Arabia – 1h 45m
- Najaf, Iraq – 1h 35m
- Paphos, Cyprus – 1h 15m
- Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt – 1h 5m
- Sohag, Egypt – 1h 30m
- Sulaymaniyah, Iraq – 1h 55m
Flights 3 hours and less
- Antalya, Turkey – 2h 20m
- Athens, Greece – 2h 15m
- Bahrain Island, Bahrain – 2h 25m
- Bucharest, Romania – 2h 45m
- Dammam, Saudi Arabia – 2h 15m
- Doha, Qatar – 2h 35m
- Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 3h
- Istanbul, Turkey – 2h 20m
- Jeddah, Saudi Arabia – 2h 10m
- Khartoum, Sudan – 3h
- Kuwait City, Kuwait – 2h 5m
- Riyadh Saudi Arabia – 2h 10m
- Sharjah, United Arab Emirates – 3h
- Tbilisi, Georgia – 2h 40m
Flights 4 hours and less
- Abu Dhabi, UAE – 3h 5m
- Al Bayda, Libya – 3h 40m
- Benghazi, Libya – 4h
- Kiev, Ukraine – 3h 30m
- Muscat, Oman – 3h 35m
- Rome, Italy – 3h 45m
- Tunis, Tunisia – 3h 50m
- Vienna, Austria – 3h 50m
Flights 5 hours and less
- Algiers, Algeria – 4h 45m
- Amsterdam, Netherlands – 5h
- Barcelona, Spain – 5h
- Berlin, Germany – 4h 30m
- Frankfurt, Germany – 4h 45m
- Geneva, Switzerland – 4h 30m
- Moscow, Russia – 4h 20m
- Munich, Germany – 4h 5m
- Tripoli, Libya (MJI) – 4h 30m
- Tripoli, Libya (TIP) – 4h 30m
- Zürich, Switzerland – 4h 20m
Flights 6 hours and less
- London, United Kingdom – 5h 30m
- Madrid, Spain – 5h 30m
- Paris, France – 5h 5m
Flights 10 hours and less
- Bangkok, Thailand – 9h 5m
Flights 10 hours and more
- Chicago, USA – 12h 50m
- Detroit, USA – 12h 10m
- Montreal, Canada – 11h 10m
- New York City, USA – 11h 50m
