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Paris (CDG) – Frankfurt (FRA)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
449 km
279 mi · 243 nm
Flight time
1 h 20 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
none
CO2 per passenger
103 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (61 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
731,207
2024 · −4.4%
Flights / week
138
Both directions, average
Seats filled
72%
1,021,719 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
—
Not named in this source

Traffic: Eurostat (avia_par_fr), reported by the airport in France, 2024. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

Great circle from CDG to FRACDGFRA
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from CDG
73°
Heading from FRA
258°
Halfway point
49.56, 5.53
Great-circle km
448 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Same time in both

The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: May 2024: 72,418 passengers
050K100KJanFebMarAprMay72.4KJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month Passengers
Jan 202446,522
Feb 202446,454
Mar 202454,802
Apr 202467,106
May 202472,418
Jun 202468,413
Jul 202464,495
Aug 202465,841
Sep 202466,159
Oct 202470,801
Nov 202456,920
Dec 202451,276
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: October 2024: 703 flights
05001KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct703NovDec
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Month Flights
Jan 2024435
Feb 2024465
Mar 2024558
Apr 2024639
May 2024687
Jun 2024672
Jul 2024604
Aug 2024593
Sep 2024687
Oct 2024703
Nov 2024577
Dec 2024553

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 448 km.

CDG Paris → FRA Frankfurt

EU261€250 for arriving 3 hours or more late.

Covers any airline.

FRA Frankfurt → CDG Paris

EU261€250 for arriving 3 hours or more late.

Covers any airline.

Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.

Every airport pair between Paris and Frankfurt

FRA
CDG449
ORY473
BVA469

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Paris airports

More routes from CDG

Route Distance Passengers / year
CDG → JFK5,850 km 1,852,909
CDG → YUL5,540 km 1,361,014
CDG → BCN858 km 1,291,815
CDG → DXB5,245 km 1,268,474
CDG → AMS399 km 1,125,321
CDG → LHR348 km 1,121,802
CDG → NCE694 km 1,106,876
CDG → MAD1,063 km 1,052,407
CDG → ALG1,369 km 1,047,213
CDG → IST2,217 km 1,010,453

More routes from FRA

Route Distance Passengers / year
FRA → LHR656 km 1,410,787
FRA → BER432 km 1,166,945
FRA → HAM413 km 1,083,599
FRA → VIE623 km 1,031,037
FRA → MUC300 km 1,012,334
FRA → PMI1,251 km 950,350
FRA → DXB4,849 km 940,081
FRA → MAD1,421 km 905,304
FRA → IST1,840 km 842,741
FRA → BCN1,093 km 808,807

Questions

Paris (CDG) and Frankfurt (FRA) are 449 km (279 miles, 243 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.