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FEL to ESS: distance & flight time
Fuerstenfeldbruck (Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base) → Essen (Essen Mulheim Airport)
293 mi
472 km · 255 nm
1h 14m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading northwest
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Flight time details
293 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 14m gate to gate, flying northwest. 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
- FEL — Fürstenfeldbruck Air Base · Fuerstenfeldbruck, Germany
- ESS — Essen Mulheim Airport · Essen, Germany
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near FEL
- OBF · Oberpfaffenhofen Airport9 mi away
- AGB · Augsburg Airport22 mi away
- MUC · Munich Airport26 mi away
- IGS · Ingolstadt Manching Airport37 mi away
Near ESS
- DUS · Düsseldorf Airport11 mi away
- MGL · Mönchengladbach Airport22 mi away
- DTM · Dortmund Airport30 mi away
- NRN · Weeze Airport37 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is FEL from ESS?
The flight distance from Fuerstenfeldbruck (FEL) to Essen (ESS) is 293 miles (472 km, 255 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from FEL to ESS?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 14m 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 FEL to ESS?
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