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CDG Paris ⇄ HND Tokyo

Charles de Gaulle International Airport (France) and Tokyo Haneda International Airport (Japan): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance9,708 km6,032 mi5,242 nautical miles
CDG → HND11 h 40 minestimated block time
HND → CDG12 h 35 minestimated block time
Clock change+8 hTokyo vs Paris, today
Great-circle route from Paris (CDG) to Tokyo (HND)CDGParisHNDTokyo
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

CDG → HND

11 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 34° (NNE).

Leave Paris Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Tokyo Sun 8 Nov, 05:40 local +1 day.

HND → CDG

12 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 334° (NNW).

Leave Tokyo Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Paris Sat 7 Nov, 14:35 local.

CDG-bound flights are the slower direction by about 55 minutes in our estimate: the route runs partly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance9,708 km · 6,032 mi · 5,242 nmi
Initial heading34° (NNE) from CDG; 334° (NNW) from HND
Farthest from the equator68.7°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip49% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

CDGEurope/Paris — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
HNDAsia/Tokyo — UTC+9 now; UTC+9 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceTokyo is 8 hours ahead of Paris today; +8 h in January and +7 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying CDG → HND. Your body clock has to move 8 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 8 days to fully adjust. Shifting earlier (as here) is usually the harder direction; morning daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

CDG Charles de Gaulle International AirportParis, France · longest runway 13,829 ft4,215 m HND Tokyo Haneda International AirportTokyo, Japan · longest runway 11,024 ft3,360 m

More routes from CDG and HND

LHRCDG London – Paris 348 km216 mi · 1 h 25 min CDGLIS Paris – Lisbon 1,470 km913 mi · 2 h 50 min YULCDG Montreal – Paris 5,524 km3,433 mi · 6 h 50 min CDGDEL Paris – Delhi 6,565 km4,080 mi · 7 h 55 min LAXCDG Los Angeles – Paris 9,103 km5,656 mi · 10 h 50 min CDGSIN Paris – Singapore 10,724 km6,664 mi · 12 h 30 min HNDITM Tokyo – Osaka 404 km251 mi · 1 h 35 min HNDOKA Tokyo – Okinawa (Naha) 1,555 km966 mi · 2 h 55 min HNLHND Honolulu – Tokyo 6,191 km3,847 mi · 8 h 45 min MELHND Melbourne – Tokyo 8,158 km5,069 mi · 10 h 20 min FRAHND Frankfurt – Tokyo 9,363 km5,818 mi · 11 h 15 min JFKHND New York – Tokyo 10,875 km6,758 mi · 13 h 55 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRCPT London – Cape Town 9,682 km6,016 mi · 11 h 55 min LHRMRU London – Mauritius 9,784 km6,080 mi · 11 h 50 min LHRHKG London – Hong Kong 9,630 km5,984 mi · 11 h 20 min LAXICN Los Angeles – Seoul 9,625 km5,981 mi · 13 h

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).