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ESS to PED: distance & flight time
Essen (Essen Mulheim Airport) → Pardubice (Pardubice Airport)
397 mi
638 km · 345 nm
1h 31m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading east
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Flight time details
397 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 31m 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
- ESS — Essen Mulheim Airport · Essen, Germany
- PED — Pardubice Airport · Pardubice, Czech Republic
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 PED
- VOD · Vodochody Airport61 mi away
- PRG · Václav Havel Airport Prague66 mi away
- BRQ · Brno-Tuřany Airport73 mi away
- PRV · Přerov Air Base85 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is ESS from PED?
The flight distance from Essen (ESS) to Pardubice (PED) is 397 miles (638 km, 345 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from ESS to PED?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 31m gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
Are there nonstop flights from ESS to PED?
Nonstop service on ESS–PED depends on the season and the day of week. Run the fare search on this page with the nonstop filter applied to see current direct options; when there is no nonstop, a single connection through a carrier hub adds roughly 2–4 hours to the 1h 31m nonstop estimate.
What is the cheapest way to fly from ESS to PED?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on ESS–PED that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.
Why are some ESS to PED fares phone-only?
Consolidator contracts let us sell certain ESS–PED tickets below the price airlines permit us to publish online, so those fares can only be quoted over the phone. Call the travel desk and an agent will check phone-only inventory for your dates.