DL89 distance and great-circle path
DL89 covers 7,055 km, or 4,384 miles. That makes it a long-haul flight, a widebody route with a full night's flying time. Of the 439 routes we track, it ranks 161 by distance.
The plane leaves Paris heading 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-ATL route appears on a tracker map.
Why DL89 block time differs from cruise time
The schedule allows 8.3 hours from gate to gate. That works out to about 847 km/h. An Airbus A350-900 cruises faster than that. The gap is taxi time, climbing, descending and holding.
Flying west, this route pushes against the wind. The trip back east is usually shorter, even though the distance is the same. See how timing changes the trip in our red-eye flight guide.
Can the Airbus A350-900 comfortably fly DL89?
Not at all. At roughly 47% 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 DL89
- Time change: you land 5 hours behind the time you left. That is enough to cause jet lag. Here is how pilots handle it.