Rare2 stops · 12.5h
NYC to HNLUnited States
Honolulu
$410
usually $820
−50%
Most monthly lows $576–$946. Cheaper than every other month on record (8).
Flights · NYC → AUH
New York to Abu Dhabi
Best fare, round trip
$804
−14%
below its usual $940
you keep $136
Found
- Depart
- Tue 29 Dec
- Return
- Sat 23 Jan
- Stay
- 25 nights
- Flight
- 1 stop · 14h
- Airline
Royal Jordanian
Most of this route’s monthly lows fall between $861 and $997. The drop beats 36% of measured fares on the board, over 6 observed months.
Cached fare — the booking search re-prices live before you pay.
United Arab EmiratesAbu DhabiQuieter and cheaper than Dubai an hour up the road, with the Grand Mosque and the Louvre to itself.Best windowNov–MarAirportsZayed International (AUH)Every route into Abu DhabiFare seasonality
When this route gets cheap.
Fares bottom out in December around $804 and peak in June near $1,249, 55% dearer, across the 6 months we track. The cheapest itinerary we are tracking makes one stop and takes about 14 hours outbound, on a 25-night trip — ticketed under Royal Jordanian, which on a connecting fare need not operate every leg. At $804 for 11,021 km each way, that works out to about $36 per 1,000 km flown. That is below the $42 per 1,000 km typical of ultra-long-haul fares here. Across the 12 departure cities we track at a similar distance from Abu Dhabi, this fare ranks 4th — 16% above the $695 from Chicago. For context, the middle fare among the 22 routes of similar length we watch out of New York is $757. The best time to be in Abu Dhabi: Nov–Mar.
Day-level prices for the next 4 months
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The median cached fare across this calendar is 2% lower than when tracking began on 8 Aug — $1,004 then versus $987 now, across 17 recorded snapshots. This is a calendar-level trend, so an individual deal above can be lower. The lowest single day we have seen here is $603, on 30 Sep.
Cached day-level data for this route is sparse — 12 of 111 days priced, from 76 tracked fares. The days below are shown as found, with no cheapest-day or below-median call.
October 2026
November 2026
1234Thursday 5 November: $960. Compare fares from this day.67891011121314151617Wednesday 18 November: $1k. Compare fares from this day.192021222324Wednesday 25 November: $863. Compare fares from this day.2627282930
December 2026
1234567891011121314151617181920Monday 21 December: $1.9k. Compare fares from this day.22Wednesday 23 December: $1.8k. Compare fares from this day.Thursday 24 December: $1.7k. Compare fares from this day.Friday 25 December: $1.7k. Compare fares from this day.262728Tuesday 29 December: $804. Compare fares from this day.3031
January 2027
Friday 1 January: $997. Compare fares from this day.2345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031
Cached fares · checked 13 Oct 2026
Cheapest in Dec, around $804
14% below the $940 typical fare
$844Oct, below the usual price. Compare October fares.$863Nov, below the usual price. Compare November fares.$804Dec, the cheapest month. Compare December fares.$997Jan ’27, above the usual price. Compare January fares.$861Feb, below the usual price. Compare February fares.$1249Jun, above the usual price. Compare June fares.
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Cheapest round-trip fare found each month, New York to Abu Dhabi, from cached prices.
Route facts
- Airports
- JFK · Newark (EWR) · LaGuardia (LGA) ↔ Zayed International (AUH)
- Flight time
- ≈14 hours outbound
- Distance
- ≈11,021 km each way
- Typical price
- $940 round-trip (seasonal median)
- Airlines on the board
- Royal Jordanian
- Itineraries
- Connections on current fares
- Best months to visit
- Nov–Mar
Good to know
NYC → AUH, answered.
Is $804 a good price for New York to Abu Dhabi?
Only slightly. The seasonal median is around $940 round-trip and this fare is 14% under it. We do not call a drop notable until 20%, so this is an ordinary price for the route rather than a reason to hurry.
What is the cheapest month to fly from New York to Abu Dhabi?
Across 6 months of cached-fare history, Dec comes out cheapest on this route. The best months to actually be in Abu Dhabi are Nov–Mar — when those overlap, that's your window.
How far in advance should I book NYC → Abu Dhabi?
We do not publish a number for this, because we cannot measure it yet. Answering it honestly means watching the same departure date on this route over many weeks as it approaches, and that archive is still filling up — so any "book N days ahead" figure here would be borrowed from somewhere else rather than measured. What we can measure is which month is cheap: across 6 months of cached fares, Dec comes out lowest on this route. Our guide Why flight prices change covers what does move a fare.
Are there nonstop flights from New York to Abu Dhabi?
The current cheapest fares involve a connection, ticketed under Royal Jordanian. We hold no nonstop fare on this route right now, which does not mean none flies — search your exact dates to see what does.
Are these prices guaranteed?
No — these are cached fares found on real searches (this one on 17 October). Airlines reprice constantly, so the booking search re-checks the live price before you pay. Fresher finds are far more likely to still be available.
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