Frankfurt to Barcelona Flight CO₂
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) → Barcelona–El Prat (BCN) · 1,540 km
Economy CO₂
~169 kg
per passenger · estimate
Business CO₂
~592 kg
per passenger · estimate
Distance
1,540 km
great-circle
Driving equiv.
805 km
petrol car (EU avg)
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Route analysis
Frankfurt–Barcelona: emissions in context
~169 kg
Economy CO₂
Per passenger, one way. Calculated using ICAO v13.1 with fleet-average aircraft for the 1,540 km route.
805 km
Car equivalent
Driving a petrol car alone at EU average emissions (0.21 kg CO₂/km). The FRA–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 FRA–BCN flight.
About the Frankfurt–Barcelona route
The FRA–BCN route covers approximately 1,540 km great-circle distance between Frankfurt Airport in Germany and Barcelona–El Prat in Spain. In economy class, each passenger is responsible for approximately 169 kg CO₂ per flight direction, or 338 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 592 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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