Terrifying footage has emerged of a paraglider caught in a dust devil in northern NSW.

Thrown off Mount Borah near the town of Manilla by a tornado while his wife watched on screaming, the paraglider was blown through the air for five hours before landing in Moree 180 kilometres away.

Manilla Paragliding chief flying instructor Godfrey Wenness was on the scene at around 11:30am on Wednesday when the dust devil swept through.

“There were about 40 pilots half set up for takeoff, they all yelled out 'dust devil’ and jumped on their wings,” he said.