--- title: "Barcelona to Rome (BCN → FCO): distance and flight time · Orbit" description: "Barcelona to Rome is 848 km (527 mi) great circle, an estimated 1h 33m in the air. The route, what it flies over, and why the short way is not the straight line on a map." url: https://orbitflights.app/routes/bcn-to-fco --- BCN → FCO # Barcelona to Rome: distance, flight time and the route it really takes Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat to Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci is 848 km of great circle — 527 mi — and an estimated 1h 33m in the air. Both ends are in Europe. **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](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 259th longest. The Barcelona to Rome route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe ## 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. One economy seat on it is about 126 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming. [BCN–FCO carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=BCN&to=FCO) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=BCN-FCO) From BCN ## Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Barcelona, Spain · Europe 41.3°N, 2.1°E [BCN airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/bcn) [Flights to Barcelona →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/barcelona) To FCO ## Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Rome, Italy · Europe 41.8°N, 12.3°E [FCO airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/fco) [Flights to Rome →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/rome) ## 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. [Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained) ## Flown this one? Orbit logs it in two taps and draws the arc on your own globe, along with every other flight you can remember. Free for your first 15. [Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit) ## Nearby routes [CDG → BCN Paris to Barcelona 858 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-bcn) [CDG → FCO Paris to Rome 1,101 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-fco) [LHR → BCN London to Barcelona 1,148 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-bcn) [MAD → BCN Madrid to Barcelona 483 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mad-to-bcn) [AMS → BCN Amsterdam to Barcelona 1,241 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/ams-to-bcn) [LHR → FCO London to Rome 1,444 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-fco) ## Further reading [How many miles do you have to fly around the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/how-many-miles-to-fly-around-the-world) [What is on the exact opposite side of the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/opposite-side-of-the-world) [What's actually worth counting in a flight log](https://orbitflights.app/blog/what-is-worth-counting-in-a-flight-log) --- Markdown copy of https://orbitflights.app/routes/bcn-to-fco for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt