CZ303 distance and great-circle path
CZ303 covers 7,529 km, or 4,678 miles. That makes it a long-haul flight, a widebody route with a full night's flying time. Of the 255 routes we track, it ranks 117 by distance.
The plane leaves Guangzhou heading south-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 CAN–SYD route appears on a tracker map.
Why CZ303 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 9.2 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 814 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 high-altitude winds behave in our guide to turbulence and jet streams.
Can the Airbus A350-900 comfortably fly CZ303?
Not at all. At roughly 50% of its range, this is an easy trip for an Airbus A350-900. The airline picked it for cabin size, not distance. The full numbers are on our aircraft page for the Airbus A350-900.
What to know about CZ303
- Time change: you land 2 hours ahead of the time you left.
- Crosses the equator: you swap seasons between takeoff and landing.