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CDG Paris ⇄ RUN Réunion (Saint-Denis)

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

Distance9,370 km5,822 mi5,059 nautical miles
CDG → RUN11 h 25 minestimated block time
RUN → CDG12 hestimated block time
Clock change+3 hRéunion (Saint-Denis) vs Paris, today
Great-circle route from Paris (CDG) to Réunion (Saint-Denis) (RUN)CDGParisRUNRéunion (Saint-Denis)
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 → RUN

11 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 131° (SE).

Leave Paris Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Réunion (Saint-Denis) Sun 8 Nov, 00:25 local +1 day.

RUN → CDG

12 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 328° (NNW).

Leave Réunion (Saint-Denis) Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Paris Sat 7 Nov, 19:00 local.

CDG-bound flights are the slower direction by about 40 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 distance9,370 km · 5,822 mi · 5,059 nmi
Initial heading131° (SE) from CDG; 328° (NNW) from RUN
Farthest from the equator49.0°N
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip47% 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
RUNIndian/Reunion — UTC+4 now; UTC+4 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceRéunion (Saint-Denis) is 3 hours ahead of Paris today; +3 h in January and +2 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying CDG → RUN. Your body clock has to move 3 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 3 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 RUN Roland Garros AirportRéunion (Saint-Denis), Réunion · longest runway 10,499 ft3,200 m

More routes from CDG and RUN

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

Routes of a similar length

FRAHND Frankfurt – Tokyo 9,363 km5,818 mi · 11 h 15 min LAXFRA Los Angeles – Frankfurt 9,322 km5,792 mi · 11 h 05 min GRULHR São Paulo – London 9,460 km5,878 mi · 11 h 30 min HELSIN Helsinki – Singapore 9,275 km5,763 mi · 11 h 05 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).