Need help booking?
Unpublished phone-only deals available
GBA to BIO: distance & flight time
Pailton (Cotswold Airport) → Bilbao (Bilbao Airport)
579 mi
933 km · 504 nm
1h 44m
estimated nonstop flight time
+1h
time difference · heading south
See live GBA→BIO fares Phone-only fares on this route — call free
Flight time details
579 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 44m gate to gate, flying south. Add 45–90 minutes per connection if there's no nonstop service. Remember to factor the 1-hour time gain when reading arrival times on your ticket.
The two airports
- GBA — Cotswold Airport · Pailton, United Kingdom
- BIO — Bilbao Airport · Bilbao, Spain
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
Alternate airports can cut this fare
Flying from or into a nearby airport is the #1 trick our agents use to beat online prices. Call and we'll compare every combination on one call.
Near GBA
- FFD · RAF Fairford11 mi away
- LYE · RAF Lyneham12 mi away
- GLO · Gloucestershire Airport16 mi away
- BZZ · RAF Brize Norton21 mi away
Near BIO
- VIT · Vitoria/Foronda Airport30 mi away
- SDR · Santander Airport47 mi away
- EAS · San Sebastian Airport56 mi away
- RJL · Logroño-Agoncillo Airport65 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is GBA from BIO?
The flight distance from Pailton (GBA) to Bilbao (BIO) is 579 miles (933 km, 504 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from GBA to BIO?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 44m 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 time difference between Pailton and Bilbao?
Bilbao is 1 hour ahead of Pailton.
What is the cheapest way to fly from GBA to BIO?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on GBA–BIO that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.