- Great circle
- 4,225 km
- 2,625 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 5h 45m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 49.0°N
- at 0% along
- One lap of Earth
- 10.5%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 143rd longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Paris the path crosses France, then Spain, then 993 km of open water, then Morocco, then Western Sahara, then Mauritania.
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.
Leaving Paris the aircraft points south-west (213°); it arrives into Dakar heading south (201°). That is 11° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.
Paris to Dakar, asked and answered
- How far is Paris to Dakar?
- Paris to Dakar (CDG to DKR) is 4,225 km, or 2,625 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Paris to Dakar?
- About 5h 45m 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 Dakar flight take?
- The great circle passes over France, then Spain, then 993 km of open water, then Morocco, then Western Sahara, then Mauritania. 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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