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LYS to DRS: distance & flight time
Lyon (Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport) → Dresden (Dresden Airport)
545 mi
878 km · 474 nm
1h 39m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading northeast
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Flight time details
545 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h 39m gate to gate, flying northeast. 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
- DRS — Dresden Airport · Dresden, Germany
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 DRS
- IES · Riesa-Göhlis Airport21 mi away
- AOC · Altenburg-Nobitz Airport56 mi away
- CBU · Cottbus-Drewitz Airport62 mi away
- LEJ · Leipzig/Halle Airport69 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is LYS from DRS?
The flight distance from Lyon (LYS) to Dresden (DRS) is 545 miles (878 km, 474 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from LYS to DRS?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h 39m 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 DRS?
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