- Great circle
- 848 km
- 527 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 1h 33m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 41.8°N
- at 100% along
- One lap of Earth
- 2.1%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 259th longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Barcelona the path crosses 543 km of open water, then France, then 214 km of open water.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 41.8°N, 100% of the way along.
Holding a single compass bearing the whole way would cover almost exactly the same ground, so on this route the flat map and the globe agree.
Leaving Barcelona the aircraft points east (83°); it arrives into Rome heading east (90°). That is 7° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.
BCN
Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat
Barcelona, Spain · Europe
41.3°N, 2.1°E
FCO
Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci
Rome, Italy · Europe
41.8°N, 12.3°E
Barcelona to Rome, asked and answered
- How far is Barcelona to Rome?
- Barcelona to Rome (BCN to FCO) is 848 km, or 527 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Barcelona to Rome?
- About 1h 33m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing.
- What route does a Barcelona to Rome flight take?
- The great circle passes over 543 km of open water, then France, then 214 km of open water. It reaches 41.8°N at its furthest from the equator.
Where these numbers come from
Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules.
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