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LID to CBU: distance & flight time
Valkenburg (Valkenburg Naval Air Base) → Cottbus (Cottbus-Drewitz Airport)
430 mi
692 km · 374 nm
1h 24m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading east
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Flight time details
430 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 24m 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
- LID — Valkenburg Naval Air Base · Valkenburg, Netherlands
- CBU — Cottbus-Drewitz Airport · Cottbus, Germany
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near LID
- AMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol18 mi away
- RTM · Rotterdam The Hague Airport14 mi away
- UTC · Soesterberg Air Base36 mi away
- GLZ · Gilze Rijen Air Base47 mi away
Near CBU
- SXF · Berlin-Schönefeld Airport55 mi away
- IEG · Zielona Góra-Babimost Airport57 mi away
- QXH · Schönhagen Airport62 mi away
- DRS · Dresden Airport62 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is LID from CBU?
The flight distance from Valkenburg (LID) to Cottbus (CBU) is 430 miles (692 km, 374 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from LID to CBU?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 24m 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 LID to CBU?
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