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ESS to LYS: distance & flight time
Essen (Essen Mulheim Airport) → Lyon (Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport)
401 mi
646 km · 349 nm
1h 20m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading south
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Flight time details
401 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 20m gate to gate, flying south. 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
- 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 ESS
- DUS · Düsseldorf Airport11 mi away
- MGL · Mönchengladbach Airport22 mi away
- DTM · Dortmund Airport30 mi away
- NRN · Weeze Airport37 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 ESS from LYS?
The flight distance from Essen (ESS) to Lyon (LYS) is 401 miles (646 km, 349 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from ESS to LYS?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 20m 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 LYS?
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