Guide to travelling to Dubai from Iraq: airports, transport, top sights, UAE visa, and the best flight fares from Baghdad, Erbil, Basra and Najaf.
🔍 Search flights — DubaiDubai is a global business and tourism hub Iraqis visit year-round for work, shopping and family entertainment, with near-daily flights from Iraq.
You can book flights to Dubai on RideFly from Baghdad, Najaf, Basra, Erbil and Sulaymaniyah. Flight ticket prices to Dubai vary by departure city, date and airline, and the available fares show when you search your date: sort the results by cheapest or fastest, filter by airline, and the date strip highlights the cheapest day.
A direct flight is about 2 hours 15 minutes.
Yes, Iraqi travellers need a visa — see the UAE visa page for details.
It depends on the departure city, date and airline. Search RideFly with your city and date to see the fares of the available flights to Dubai, and sort them from the cheapest.
On RideFly choose your departure city (Baghdad, Najaf, Basra, Erbil or Sulaymaniyah), Dubai as the destination and your date, then pick the flight, enter the travellers as in the passport and pay with one of the methods shown.
