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title: "Paris to Tokyo (CDG → HND): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Paris to Tokyo is 9,708 km (6,032 mi) great circle, an estimated 12h 34m 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-hnd
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CDG → HND

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

Charles de Gaulle to Tokyo Haneda is 9,708 km of great circle — 6,032 mi — and an estimated 12h 34m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Asia.

**Great circle**
9,708 km
6,032 mi

**Estimated in the air**
12h 34m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
68.7°N
at 41% along

**One lap of Earth**
24.2%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 45th longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Paris the path crosses France, then Belgium, then Netherlands, then Sweden, then Finland, then Russia, then China, then Russia, then 704 km of open water, then Japan.

The great circle reaches 68.7°N, inside the Arctic circle — which is why the route looks like a detour over the top of the world on a flat map, and like the obvious line on a globe.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 11,320 km. That is 1,613 km further, about 17% more, and roughly 2h 00m of extra flying.

Leaving Paris the aircraft points north-east (34°); it arrives into Tokyo heading south-east (154°). That is 120° 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 1.38 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

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

HND

## Tokyo Haneda

Tokyo, Japan · Asia

35.5°N, 139.8°E

[HND airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/hnd) [Flights to Tokyo →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/tokyo)

## Paris to Tokyo, asked and answered

**How far is Paris to Tokyo?**
Paris to Tokyo (CDG to HND) is 9,708 km, or 6,032 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Paris to Tokyo?**
About 12h 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 Tokyo flight take?**
The great circle passes over France, then Belgium, then Netherlands, then Sweden, then Finland, then Russia, then China, then Russia, then 704 km of open water, then Japan. It reaches 68.7°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 → HND London to Tokyo 9,592 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-hnd) [CDG → HKG Paris to Hong Kong 9,590 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-hkg) [FCO → HND Rome to Tokyo 9,892 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/fco-to-hnd) [CDG → RUN Paris to Réunion 9,370 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-run) [CDG → LAX Paris to Los Angeles 9,103 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-lax) [LAX → HND Los Angeles to Tokyo 8,812 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-hnd)

## 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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