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BES to LID: distance & flight time
Brest (Brest Bretagne Airport) → Valkenburg (Valkenburg Naval Air Base)
466 mi
751 km · 405 nm
1h 29m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading northeast
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Flight time details
466 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 29m 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
- LID — Valkenburg Naval Air Base · Valkenburg, Netherlands
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 LID
- AMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol18 mi away
- RTM · Rotterdam The Hague Airport14 mi away
- UTC · Soesterberg Air Base36 mi away
- GLZ · Gilze Rijen Air Base47 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is BES from LID?
The flight distance from Brest (BES) to Valkenburg (LID) is 466 miles (751 km, 405 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from BES to LID?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 29m 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 LID?
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