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title: "Paris to Réunion (CDG → RUN): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Paris to Réunion is 9,370 km (5,822 mi) great circle, an estimated 12h 09m 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-run
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CDG → RUN

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

Charles de Gaulle to Roland Garros is 9,370 km of great circle — 5,822 mi — and an estimated 12h 09m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Africa.

**Great circle**
9,370 km
5,822 mi

**Estimated in the air**
12h 09m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
49.0°N
at 0% along

**One lap of Earth**
23.4%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 54th longest.

The Paris to Réunion 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, then 796 km of open water, then Libya, then Egypt, then Sudan, then Ethiopia, then Somalia, then 2,717 km of open water.

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

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 9,404 km. That is 35 km further, about 0% more, and roughly 3m of extra flying.

Leaving Paris the aircraft points south-east (131°); it arrives into Réunion heading south-east (148°). That is 17° 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 1.33 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

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

RUN

## Roland Garros

Réunion, Réunion · Africa

20.9°S, 55.5°E

[RUN airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/run)

## Paris to Réunion, asked and answered

**How far is Paris to Réunion?**
Paris to Réunion (CDG to RUN) is 9,370 km, or 5,822 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Paris to Réunion?**
About 12h 09m 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 Réunion flight take?**
The great circle passes over France, then Switzerland, then Italy, then 796 km of open water, then Libya, then Egypt, then Sudan, then Ethiopia, then Somalia, then 2,717 km of open water. 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?

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[Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit)

## Nearby routes

[CDG → HKG Paris to Hong Kong 9,590 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-hkg) [CDG → LAX Paris to Los Angeles 9,103 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-lax) [CDG → HND Paris to Tokyo 9,708 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-hnd) [CDG → SIN Paris to Singapore 10,724 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-sin) [CDG → JFK Paris to New York 5,834 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-jfk) [CDG → DXB Paris to Dubai 5,239 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-dxb)

## 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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