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CDG Paris ⇄ ICN Seoul

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

Distance8,927 km5,547 mi4,820 nautical miles
CDG → ICN10 h 40 minestimated block time
ICN → CDG11 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change+8 hSeoul vs Paris, today
Great-circle route from Paris (CDG) to Seoul (ICN)CDGParisICNSeoul
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 → ICN

10 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 42° (NE).

Leave Paris Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Seoul Sun 8 Nov, 04:40 local +1 day.

ICN → CDG

11 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 326° (NNW).

Leave Seoul Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Paris Sat 7 Nov, 13:45 local.

CDG-bound flights are the slower direction by about 65 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly 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 distance8,927 km · 5,547 mi · 4,820 nmi
Initial heading42° (NE) from CDG; 326° (NNW) from ICN
Farthest from the equator64.0°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip45% 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
ICNAsia/Seoul — UTC+9 now; UTC+9 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceSeoul 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 → ICN. 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 ICN Incheon International AirportSeoul, South Korea · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m

More routes from CDG and ICN

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 MEXCDG Mexico City – Paris 9,199 km5,716 mi · 10 h 45 min CDGSIN Paris – Singapore 10,724 km6,664 mi · 12 h 30 min ICNKIX Seoul – Osaka 860 km535 mi · 1 h 55 min ICNHKG Seoul – Hong Kong 2,069 km1,286 mi · 3 h 30 min YVRICN Vancouver – Seoul 8,200 km5,095 mi · 11 h FRAICN Frankfurt – Seoul 8,544 km5,309 mi · 10 h 15 min ORDICN Chicago – Seoul 10,519 km6,536 mi · 13 h 30 min ATLICN Atlanta – Seoul 11,487 km7,138 mi · 14 h 40 min

Routes of a similar length

LAXAMS Los Angeles – Amsterdam 8,956 km5,565 mi · 10 h 45 min ISTHND Istanbul – Tokyo 8,959 km5,567 mi · 10 h 25 min LAXNAN Los Angeles – Nadi (Fiji) 8,893 km5,526 mi · 11 h 30 min FRAPVG Frankfurt – Shanghai 8,859 km5,505 mi · 10 h 30 min

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).