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CDG → BCN

Paris to Barcelona: distance, flight time and the route it really takes

Charles de Gaulle to Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat is 858 km of great circle — 533 mi — and an estimated 1h 34m in the air. Both ends are in Europe.

Great circle
858 km
533 mi
Estimated in the air
1h 34m
block time
Furthest from equator
49.0°N
at 0% along
One lap of Earth
2.1%
of 40,075 km

Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 258th longest.

The Paris to Barcelona route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe

What the aircraft actually flies over

From Paris the path crosses France, then Spain.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 49.0°N, 0% 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.

The heading barely moves: south out of Paris, south into Barcelona. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass.

From

CDG

Charles de Gaulle

Paris, France · Europe

49.0°N, 2.6°E

To

BCN

Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat

Barcelona, Spain · Europe

41.3°N, 2.1°E

Paris to Barcelona, asked and answered

How far is Paris to Barcelona?
Paris to Barcelona (CDG to BCN) is 858 km, or 533 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
How long is the flight from Paris to Barcelona?
About 1h 34m 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 Paris to Barcelona flight take?
The great circle passes over France, then Spain. It reaches 49.0°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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