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title: "Perth to Paris (PER → CDG): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Perth to Paris is 14,272 km (8,868 mi) great circle, an estimated 18h 14m 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/per-to-cdg
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PER → CDG

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

Perth to Charles de Gaulle is 14,272 km of great circle — 8,868 mi — and an estimated 18h 14m in the air. It crosses from Oceania to Europe.

**Great circle**
14,272 km
8,868 mi

**Estimated in the air**
18h 14m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
49.0°N
at 100% along

**One lap of Earth**
35.6%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 6th longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Perth the path crosses 8,706 km of open water, then Iran, then Iraq, then Turkey, then 428 km of open water, then Romania, then Hungary, then Austria, then Germany, then France.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 49.0°N, 100% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 14,469 km. That is 196 km further, about 1% more, and roughly 15m of extra flying.

Leaving Perth the aircraft points north-west (310°); it arrives into Paris heading west (277°). That is 33° 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 2.02 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

From

PER

## Perth

Perth, Australia · Oceania

31.9°S, 116.0°E

[PER airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/per) [Flights to Perth →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/perth)

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)

## Perth to Paris, asked and answered

**How far is Perth to Paris?**
Perth to Paris (PER to CDG) is 14,272 km, or 8,868 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Perth to Paris?**
About 18h 14m 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 Perth to Paris flight take?**
The great circle passes over 8,706 km of open water, then Iran, then Iraq, then Turkey, then 428 km of open water, then Romania, then Hungary, then Austria, then Germany, then France. 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

[PER → LHR Perth to London 14,508 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/per-to-lhr) [CDG → SIN Paris to Singapore 10,724 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-sin) [CDG → HND Paris to Tokyo 9,708 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-hnd) [CDG → HKG Paris to Hong Kong 9,590 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-hkg) [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)

## 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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