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AAH to BES: distance & flight time
Aachen (Aachen-Merzbrück Airport) → Brest (Brest Bretagne Airport)
502 mi
807 km · 436 nm
1h 33m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading west
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Flight time details
502 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 33m gate to gate, flying west. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Both airports share the same local time, so schedules read exactly as flown.
The two airports
- AAH — Aachen-Merzbrück Airport · Aachen, Germany
- BES — Brest Bretagne Airport · Brest, France
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near AAH
- GKE · Geilenkirchen Air Base11 mi away
- MST · Maastricht Aachen Airport19 mi away
- MGL · Mönchengladbach Airport31 mi away
- LGG · Liège Airport35 mi away
Near BES
- LDV · Landivisiau Air Base13 mi away
- MXN · Morlaix-Ploujean Airport30 mi away
- UIP · Quimper-Cornouaille Airport35 mi away
- LAI · Lannion-Côte de Granit Airport48 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is AAH from BES?
The flight distance from Aachen (AAH) to Brest (BES) is 502 miles (807 km, 436 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from AAH to BES?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 33m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
What is the cheapest way to fly from AAH to BES?
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