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In-flight prayer times & Qibla

Know when to pray at 36,000 feet.

Enter your route and departure time. Safar Salah follows the aircraft minute by minute along its great-circle path and tells you when each prayer begins, in every time zone you care about, and which prayers you can combine. On the ground, the Qibla compass beeps when you face Makkah.

1 mincalculation step
6calculation methods
3clocks per prayer
280airports worldwide

إِنَّ الصَّلَاةَ كَانَتْ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كِتَابًا مَوْقُوتًا “Indeed, prayer has been decreed upon the believers at specified times.” (An-Nisa 4:103)

Your flight

Times are estimates for a direct great-circle route at constant speed.

Calculation settings
Prayer timeline

Your flight

Each prayer is placed where the aircraft will be when it begins. The strip shows the sky outside your window from takeoff to landing.

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    In the air, face the front of the plane (the cockpit) and pray in your seat if you can't stand. Actual routes bend around weather and airspace, so check the cabin's moving map for your real position when the time comes.

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    What to pray, where, and when

    As a traveller you can shorten Dhuhr, Asr and Isha to 2 rakaat and combine Dhuhr with Asr and Maghrib with Isha. Fajr can't be combined. Boarding is assumed to close 30 minutes before departure, and you're assumed to be off the plane 30 minutes after landing.

    Prayer notifications

    Turn on Prayer notifications at the top of the page to be notified when each prayer time starts on this flight, and 20 minutes before a window closes.

    Features

    Built for the prayer you can't take at the gate

    Times that follow the plane

    The sun's position is recalculated every minute from the aircraft's estimated position, so a Maghrib that chases you westward shows up where it really happens.

    Qibla compass that beeps

    On the ground, the compass opens as soon as you switch modes and beeps and vibrates when your phone points to the Ka‘bah.

    Horizon dip at altitude

    From 11 km up the horizon sits about 3° lower, so the sun sets later than on the ground. Turn the adjustment on or off in settings.

    Six recognised methods

    Muslim World League, ISNA, Egypt, Umm al-Qura, Karachi and JAKIM, with Standard or Hanafi Asr.

    Three clocks at once

    Every prayer shows the time at your origin, at your destination and in UTC, so it matches your watch, your phone and the crew's schedule.

    Before boarding, after landing

    See which prayer window is open when you board, and which prayer is next once you land, in local time at the airport.

    How it works

    From route to prayer times

    STEP 1

    Draw the route

    A great-circle path is traced between the two airports, the shortest route over the globe.

    STEP 2

    Fly it minute by minute

    The aircraft's position is estimated for every minute, with a climb and descent at each end.

    STEP 3

    Track the sun

    At each point the sun's altitude and hour angle are computed and compared with the method's angles.

    STEP 4

    Mark each prayer

    When the sun crosses a threshold, that moment becomes a prayer time, with position, heading and Qibla.

    MethodFajr angleIshaUsed widely in
    Muslim World League18°17°Europe, Far East, parts of the US
    ISNA15°15°North America
    Egyptian General Authority19.5°17.5°Africa, Syria, Lebanon
    Umm al-Qura, Makkah18.5°90 min after MaghribArabian Peninsula
    Univ. of Islamic Sciences, Karachi18°18°Pakistan, Bangladesh, India
    JAKIM20°18°Malaysia
    Questions

    Praying in the air

    Which time should I follow, my watch or the plane?

    Prayer times follow the sun where you are. On a plane that means the sun as seen from the aircraft's position, which is what this timeline shows. Your watch and the destination clock are listed so you can match the moment to a time you can read.

    Can I pray seated if there is no room to stand?

    Most scholars allow seated prayer on a plane when standing, bowing or prostrating is not possible, facing the Qibla as best you can at the start. Ask your local scholar for the ruling you follow.

    Can I shorten or combine prayers while travelling?

    Travellers are widely permitted to shorten four-rak‘ah prayers (qasr) and, in many schools, to combine Dhuhr with Asr and Maghrib with Isha (jam‘). The conditions differ between schools, so check the ruling that applies to you.

    Why is Maghrib later than at the airport?

    Two reasons. Flying west, you chase the sun. And from cruise altitude the horizon is lower, so the sun stays visible a few minutes longer. The altitude adjustment in settings accounts for the second effect.

    A prayer is missing from my flight. Why?

    Only prayers that begin between takeoff and landing are listed. On far-northern routes in summer the sun may never sink low enough for Fajr or Isha, so those times do not occur along the route; follow the guidance for high latitudes in your school.

    How accurate are these times?

    Treat them as good estimates. The route assumes a direct great-circle path and steady speed; real flights take detours and wait in holding patterns. A few minutes' margin before the end of a prayer window is sensible.

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