Need help booking?
Unpublished phone-only deals available
GKE to BUD: distance & flight time
Geilenkirchen (Geilenkirchen Air Base) → Budapest (Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport)
644 mi
1,036 km · 559 nm
1h 52m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading east
See live GKE→BUD fares Phone-only fares on this route — call free
Flight time details
644 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 52m 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
- GKE — Geilenkirchen Air Base · Geilenkirchen, Germany
- BUD — Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport · Budapest, Hungary
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 GKE
- AAH · Aachen-Merzbrück Airport11 mi away
- MST · Maastricht Aachen Airport12 mi away
- MGL · Mönchengladbach Airport27 mi away
- LGG · Liège Airport34 mi away
Near BUD
- SLD · Sliač Airport84 mi away
- TZR · Taszár Air Base96 mi away
- PZY · Piešťany Airport106 mi away
- BTS · M. R. Štefánik Airport108 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is GKE from BUD?
The flight distance from Geilenkirchen (GKE) to Budapest (BUD) is 644 miles (1,036 km, 559 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from GKE to BUD?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 52m 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 GKE to BUD?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on GKE–BUD that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.