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BES to KEL: distance & flight time
Brest (Brest Bretagne Airport) → Kiel (Kiel-Holtenau Airport)
747 mi
1,203 km · 649 nm
2h 5m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading northeast
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Flight time details
747 miles nonstop takes roughly 2h 5m gate to gate, flying northeast. 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
- BES — Brest Bretagne Airport · Brest, France
- KEL — Kiel-Holtenau Airport · Kiel, Germany
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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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 KEL
- EUM · Neumünster Airport22 mi away
- WBG · Schleswig Air Base26 mi away
- FLF · Flensburg-Schäferhaus Airport41 mi away
- SGD · Sønderborg Airport43 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is BES from KEL?
The flight distance from Brest (BES) to Kiel (KEL) is 747 miles (1,203 km, 649 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from BES to KEL?
A nonstop flight takes about 2h 5m 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 BES to KEL?
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