AF276 distance and great-circle path
AF276 covers 9,707 km, or 6,032 miles. That makes it an ultra-long-haul flight, near the limit of what most twinjets can fly non-stop. Of the 439 routes we track, it ranks 79 by distance.
The plane leaves Paris heading north-east. On the map above, the line looks curved. That is normal. The shortest path over a round planet never looks straight on a flat screen. Our guide explains how the CDG-HND route appears on a tracker map.
Why AF276 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 14.3 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 677 km/h. An Airbus A350-900 cruises faster than that. The gap is taxi time, climbing, descending and holding.
Winds aloft shift the real flight time by up to an hour in either direction. See how timing changes the trip in our red-eye flight guide.
Can the Airbus A350-900 comfortably fly AF276?
Not really. It uses about 65% of the Airbus A350-900's range. That leaves room for a full load of passengers and bags. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Airbus A350-900.
What to know about AF276
- Time change: you land 8 hours ahead of the time you left. That is enough to cause jet lag. Here is how pilots handle it.
- Flies far north: the real path runs much closer to the pole than a flat map suggests.