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ESS to LBC: distance & flight time
Essen (Essen Mulheim Airport) → Luebeck (Lübeck Blankensee Airport)
230 mi
370 km · 200 nm
1h 4m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading northeast
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Flight time details
230 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 4m 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
- ESS — Essen Mulheim Airport · Essen, Germany
- LBC — Lübeck Blankensee Airport · Luebeck, Germany
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near ESS
- DUS · Düsseldorf Airport11 mi away
- MGL · Mönchengladbach Airport22 mi away
- DTM · Dortmund Airport30 mi away
- NRN · Weeze Airport37 mi away
Near LBC
- HAM · Hamburg Airport32 mi away
- EUM · Neumünster Airport37 mi away
- XFW · Hamburg-Finkenwerder Airport41 mi away
- KEL · Kiel-Holtenau Airport46 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is ESS from LBC?
The flight distance from Essen (ESS) to Luebeck (LBC) is 230 miles (370 km, 200 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from ESS to LBC?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 4m 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 ESS to LBC?
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