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ACH to LYS: distance & flight time
Altenrhein (St Gallen Altenrhein Airport) → Lyon (Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport)
245 mi
394 km · 213 nm
1h 7m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading southwest
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Flight time details
245 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 7m gate to gate, flying southwest. 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
- ACH — St Gallen Altenrhein Airport · Altenrhein, Switzerland
- LYS — Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · Lyon, France
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near ACH
- HOH · Hohenems-Dornbirn Airport9 mi away
- FDH · Friedrichshafen Airport13 mi away
- ZRH · Zürich Airport47 mi away
- FMM · Memmingen Allgau Airport47 mi away
Near LYS
- LYN · Lyon-Bron Airport7 mi away
- GNB · Grenoble-Isère Airport28 mi away
- CMF · Chambéry-Savoie Airport39 mi away
- EBU · Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon Airport40 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is ACH from LYS?
The flight distance from Altenrhein (ACH) to Lyon (LYS) is 245 miles (394 km, 213 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from ACH to LYS?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 7m 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 ACH to LYS?
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