Need help booking?
Unpublished phone-only deals available
BES to HBE: distance & flight time
Brest (Brest Bretagne Airport) → Alexandria (Borg El Arab International Airport)
2,154 mi
3,466 km · 1,871 nm
4h 41m
estimated nonstop flight time
+1h
time difference · heading east
See live BES→HBE fares Phone-only fares on this route — call free
Flight time details
2,154 miles nonstop takes roughly 4h 41m gate to gate, flying east. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Remember to factor the 1-hour time gain when reading arrival times on your ticket.
The two airports
- BES — Brest Bretagne Airport · Brest, France
- HBE — Borg El Arab International Airport · Alexandria, Egypt
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
Alternate airports can cut this fare
Flying from or into a nearby airport is the #1 trick our agents use to beat online prices. Call and we'll compare every combination on one call.
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
Near HBE
- ALY · El Nouzha Airport24 mi away
- DBB · El Alamein International Airport73 mi away
- CWE · Cairo West Airport91 mi away
- CAI · Cairo International Airport116 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is BES from HBE?
The flight distance from Brest (BES) to Alexandria (HBE) is 2,154 miles (3,466 km, 1,871 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from BES to HBE?
A nonstop flight takes about 4h 41m 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 time difference between Brest and Alexandria?
Alexandria is 1 hour ahead of Brest.
What is the cheapest way to fly from BES to HBE?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on BES–HBE that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.