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BUD to LYS: distance & flight time
Budapest (Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport) → Lyon (Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport)
683 mi
1,099 km · 593 nm
1h 57m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading west
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Flight time details
683 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 57m gate to gate, flying west. 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
- BUD — Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · Budapest, Hungary
- 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 BUD
- SLD · Sliač Airport84 mi away
- TZR · Taszár Air Base96 mi away
- PZY · Piešťany Airport106 mi away
- BTS · M. R. Štefánik Airport108 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 BUD from LYS?
The flight distance from Budapest (BUD) to Lyon (LYS) is 683 miles (1,099 km, 593 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from BUD to LYS?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 57m 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 BUD to LYS?
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