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title: "Paris to Hong Kong (CDG → HKG): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Paris to Hong Kong is 9,590 km (5,959 mi) great circle, an estimated 12h 25m 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-hkg
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CDG → HKG

# Paris to Hong Kong: distance, flight time and the route it really takes

Charles de Gaulle to Hong Kong is 9,590 km of great circle — 5,959 mi — and an estimated 12h 25m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Asia.

**Great circle**
9,590 km
5,959 mi

**Estimated in the air**
12h 25m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
55.5°N
at 28% along

**One lap of Earth**
23.9%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 51st longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Paris the path crosses France, then Germany, then Poland, then Lithuania, then Belarus, then Russia, then Kazakhstan, then China.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 55.5°N, 28% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 10,310 km. That is 720 km further, about 8% more, and roughly 54m of extra flying.

Leaving Paris the aircraft points north-east (60°); it arrives into Hong Kong heading south-east (142°). That is 83° 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 1.36 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

[CDG–HKG carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=CDG&to=HKG) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=CDG-HKG)

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

HKG

## Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Hong Kong · Asia

22.3°N, 113.9°E

[HKG airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/hkg) [Flights to Hong Kong →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/hong-kong)

## Paris to Hong Kong, asked and answered

**How far is Paris to Hong Kong?**
Paris to Hong Kong (CDG to HKG) is 9,590 km, or 5,959 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Paris to Hong Kong?**
About 12h 25m 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 Hong Kong flight take?**
The great circle passes over France, then Germany, then Poland, then Lithuania, then Belarus, then Russia, then Kazakhstan, then China. It reaches 55.5°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?

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## Nearby routes

[LHR → HKG London to Hong Kong 9,630 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-hkg) [CDG → HND Paris to Tokyo 9,708 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-hnd) [CDG → RUN Paris to Réunion 9,370 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-run) [FRA → HKG Frankfurt to Hong Kong 9,154 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/fra-to-hkg) [CDG → LAX Paris to Los Angeles 9,103 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-lax) [YVR → HKG Vancouver to Hong Kong 10,269 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/yvr-to-hkg)

## 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)

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