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BES to LUG: distance & flight time
Brest (Brest Bretagne Airport) → Lugano (Lugano Airport)
647 mi
1,041 km · 562 nm
1h 52m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading east
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Flight time details
647 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 52m gate to gate, flying east. 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
- LUG — Lugano Airport · Lugano, Switzerland
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 LUG
- ZJI · Locarno Airport11 mi away
- MXP · Malpensa International Airport27 mi away
- LIN · Milano Linate Airport42 mi away
- BGY · Il Caravaggio International Airport45 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is BES from LUG?
The flight distance from Brest (BES) to Lugano (LUG) is 647 miles (1,041 km, 562 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from BES to LUG?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 52m 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 LUG?
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