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HAM to BES: distance & flight time
Hamburg (Hamburg Airport) → Brest (Brest Bretagne Airport)
719 mi
1,157 km · 625 nm
2h 2m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading southwest
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Flight time details
719 miles nonstop takes roughly 2h 2m gate to gate, flying southwest. 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
- HAM — Hamburg Airport · Hamburg, Germany
- BES — Brest Bretagne Airport · Brest, France
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near HAM
- XFW · Hamburg-Finkenwerder Airport9 mi away
- EUM · Neumünster Airport31 mi away
- LBC · Lübeck Blankensee Airport32 mi away
- KEL · Kiel-Holtenau Airport52 mi away
Near BES
- LDV · Landivisiau Air Base13 mi away
- MXN · Morlaix-Ploujean Airport30 mi away
- UIP · Quimper-Cornouaille Airport35 mi away
- LAI · Lannion-Côte de Granit Airport48 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is HAM from BES?
The flight distance from Hamburg (HAM) to Brest (BES) is 719 miles (1,157 km, 625 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from HAM to BES?
A nonstop flight takes about 2h 2m 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 HAM to BES?
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