--- title: "Paris to Rome (CDG → FCO): distance and flight time · Orbit" description: "Paris to Rome is 1,101 km (684 mi) great circle, an estimated 1h 52m 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/cdg-to-fco --- CDG → FCO # Paris to Rome: distance, flight time and the route it really takes Charles de Gaulle to Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci is 1,101 km of great circle — 684 mi — and an estimated 1h 52m in the air. Both ends are in Europe. **Great circle** 1,101 km 684 mi **Estimated in the air** 1h 52m block time **Furthest from equator** 49.0°N at 0% along **One lap of Earth** 2.7% of 40,075 km Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 248th longest. The Paris to Rome route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe ## What the aircraft actually flies over From Paris the path crosses France, then Switzerland, then Italy. 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-east (133°); it arrives into Rome heading south-east (140°). 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 163 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming. [CDG–FCO carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=CDG&to=FCO) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=CDG-FCO) From CDG ## Charles de Gaulle Paris, France · Europe 49.0°N, 2.6°E [CDG airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/cdg) [Flights to Paris →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/paris) 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) ## Paris to Rome, asked and answered **How far is Paris to Rome?** Paris to Rome (CDG to FCO) is 1,101 km, or 684 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports. **How long is the flight from Paris to Rome?** About 1h 52m 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 Rome flight take?** The great circle passes over France, then Switzerland, then Italy. 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. [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) [BCN → FCO Barcelona to Rome 848 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/bcn-to-fco) [LHR → FCO London to Rome 1,444 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-fco) [OTP → CDG Bucharest to Paris 1,851 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/otp-to-cdg) [LHR → CDG London to Paris 348 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-cdg) [CDG → CMN Paris to Casablanca 1,931 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-cmn) ## 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/cdg-to-fco for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt