AF454 distance and great-circle path
AF454 covers 9,405 km, or 5,844 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 93 by distance.
The plane leaves Paris heading south-west. 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-GRU route appears on a tracker map.
Why AF454 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 11.6 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 812 km/h. A Boeing 777-300ER 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 Boeing 777-300ER comfortably fly AF454?
Not really. It uses about 69% of the Boeing 777-300ER's range. That leaves room for a full load of passengers and bags. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Boeing 777-300ER.
What to know about AF454
- Time change: you land 4 hours behind the time you left.
- Crosses the equator: you swap seasons between takeoff and landing.