Amsterdam to Barcelona Flight CO₂
Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) → Barcelona–El Prat (BCN) · 1,620 km
Economy CO₂
~178 kg
per passenger · estimate
Business CO₂
~623 kg
per passenger · estimate
Distance
1,620 km
great-circle
Driving equiv.
848 km
petrol car (EU avg)
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Route analysis
Amsterdam–Barcelona: emissions in context
~178 kg
Economy CO₂
Per passenger, one way. Calculated using ICAO v13.1 with fleet-average aircraft for the 1,620 km route.
848 km
Car equivalent
Driving a petrol car alone at EU average emissions (0.21 kg CO₂/km). The AMS–BCN flight emits the same as this many kilometres driven.
0.2 yr
Tree absorption
Years of CO₂ absorption by a mature tree to offset one economy passenger's share of a AMS–BCN flight.
About the Amsterdam–Barcelona route
The AMS–BCN route covers approximately 1,620 km great-circle distance between Amsterdam Schiphol in Netherlands and Barcelona–El Prat in Spain. In economy class, each passenger is responsible for approximately 178 kg CO₂ per flight direction, or 356 kg for a round trip — calculated using the ICAO Carbon Emissions Calculator v13.1 methodology with fleet-average aircraft and typical load factors.
Business class passengers on the same route emit approximately 623 kg CO₂ per direction — roughly 3.5× more than economy — due to the larger floor area allocated to each business class seat. The climate impact is further amplified by a Radiative Forcing Index (RFI) of 1.9×, which accounts for non-CO₂ effects of aviation at cruising altitude including contrail formation and NOₓ emissions.
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