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LYS to CET: distance & flight time
Lyon (Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport) → Cholet (Cholet Le Pontreau Airport)
299 mi
481 km · 260 nm
1h 15m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading west
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Flight time details
299 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 15m gate to gate, flying west. 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
- LYS — Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport · Lyon, France
- CET — Cholet Le Pontreau Airport · Cholet, France
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near LYS
- LYN · Lyon-Bron Airport7 mi away
- GNB · Grenoble-Isère Airport28 mi away
- CMF · Chambéry-Savoie Airport39 mi away
- EBU · Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon Airport40 mi away
Near CET
- EDM · La Roche-sur-Yon Airport35 mi away
- NTE · Nantes Atlantique Airport35 mi away
- ANE · Angers-Loire Airport42 mi away
- NIT · Niort-Souché Airport58 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is LYS from CET?
The flight distance from Lyon (LYS) to Cholet (CET) is 299 miles (481 km, 260 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from LYS to CET?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 15m 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 LYS to CET?
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