--- title: "London to Paris (LHR → CDG): distance and flight time · Orbit" description: "London to Paris is 348 km (216 mi) great circle, an estimated 56m 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/lhr-to-cdg --- LHR → CDG # London to Paris: distance, flight time and the route it really takes London Heathrow to Charles de Gaulle is 348 km of great circle — 216 mi — and an estimated 56m in the air. Both ends are in Europe. **Great circle** 348 km 216 mi **Estimated in the air** 56m block time **Furthest from equator** 51.5°N at 0% along **One lap of Earth** 0.9% of 40,075 km Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 290th longest. The London to Paris route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe ## What the aircraft actually flies over From London the path crosses United Kingdom, then 94 km of open water, then France. The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 51.5°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. The heading barely moves: south-east out of London, south-east into Paris. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass. One economy seat on it is about 52 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming. [LHR–CDG carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=LHR&to=CDG) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=LHR-CDG) From LHR ## London Heathrow London, United Kingdom · Europe 51.5°N, 0.5°W [LHR airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/lhr) [Flights to London →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/london) To 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) ## London to Paris, asked and answered **How far is London to Paris?** London to Paris (LHR to CDG) is 348 km, or 216 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports. **How long is the flight from London to Paris?** About 56m 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 London to Paris flight take?** The great circle passes over United Kingdom, then 94 km of open water, then France. It reaches 51.5°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? 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 [LHR → AMS London to Amsterdam 370 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-ams) [LHR → DUB London to Dublin 449 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-dub) [LHR → FRA London to Frankfurt 654 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-fra) [LHR → ZRH London to Zurich 788 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-zrh) [CDG → BCN Paris to Barcelona 858 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-bcn) [LHR → MXP London to Milan 936 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-mxp) ## 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/lhr-to-cdg for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt