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Paris (CDG) – Lyon (LYS)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
412 km
256 mi · 223 nm
Flight time
1 h 15 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
none
CO2 per passenger
94 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (56 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
559,818
2024 · +1.7%
Flights / week
77
Both directions, average
Seats filled
80%
699,400 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 LYSCDGLYS
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from CDG
151°
Heading from LYS
333°
Halfway point
47.37, 3.86
Great-circle km
412 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Same time in both

The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: June 2024: 50,055 passengers
020K40K60KJanFebMarAprMayJun50.1KJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month Passengers
Jan 202446,183
Feb 202440,376
Mar 202443,640
Apr 202445,594
May 202446,343
Jun 202450,055
Jul 202450,035
Aug 202448,822
Sep 202449,405
Oct 202447,247
Nov 202444,689
Dec 202447,429
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: May 2024: 374 flights
0200400JanFebMarAprMay374JunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Month Flights
Jan 2024325
Feb 2024285
Mar 2024313
Apr 2024345
May 2024374
Jun 2024371
Jul 2024325
Aug 2024318
Sep 2024360
Oct 2024363
Nov 2024298
Dec 2024339

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 412 km.

CDG Paris → LYS Lyon

EU261€250 for arriving 3 hours or more late.

Covers any airline.

LYS Lyon → 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 Lyon

LYS
CDG412
ORY393
BVA471

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 LYS

Route Distance Passengers / year
LYS → BOD466 km 369,338
LYS → NTE539 km 332,313
LYS → LIS1,401 km 321,603
LYS → FRA544 km 312,513
LYS → OPO1,218 km 301,345
LYS → LGW718 km 297,849
LYS → TUN1,075 km 296,773
LYS → BCN549 km 279,342
LYS → FCO722 km 273,635
LYS → AMS732 km 272,887

Questions

Paris (CDG) and Lyon (LYS) are 412 km (256 miles, 223 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.