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BNG to LYS: distance & flight time
Banning (Banning Municipal Airport) → Lyon (Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport)
5,849 mi
9,413 km · 5,083 nm
11h 56m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading northeast
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Flight time details
5,849 miles nonstop takes roughly 11h 56m 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
- BNG — Banning Municipal Airport · Banning, United States
- 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 BNG
- PSP · Palm Springs International Airport21 mi away
- RIV · March ARB Airport24 mi away
- SBD · San Bernardino International Airport25 mi away
- RBK · French Valley Airport29 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 BNG from LYS?
The flight distance from Banning (BNG) to Lyon (LYS) is 5,849 miles (9,413 km, 5,083 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from BNG to LYS?
A nonstop flight takes about 11h 56m 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 BNG to LYS?
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