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LEY to BWE: distance & flight time
Lelystad (Lelystad Airport) → Braunschweig (Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport)
212 mi
342 km · 184 nm
1h 2m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading east
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Flight time details
212 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 2m 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
- LEY — Lelystad Airport · Lelystad, Netherlands
- BWE — Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport · Braunschweig, Germany
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near LEY
- AMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol34 mi away
- UTC · Soesterberg Air Base25 mi away
- DHR · De Kooy Airport45 mi away
- LID · Valkenburg Naval Air Base51 mi away
Near BWE
- ZCN · Celle Airport29 mi away
- HAJ · Hannover Airport38 mi away
- ZMG · Magdeburg "City" Airport48 mi away
- CSO · Cochstedt Airport49 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is LEY from BWE?
The flight distance from Lelystad (LEY) to Braunschweig (BWE) is 212 miles (342 km, 184 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from LEY to BWE?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 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 LEY to BWE?
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