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LYS to SQJ: distance & flight time
Lyon (Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport) → Sanming (Shaxian Airport)
5,914 mi
9,517 km · 5,139 nm
12h 4m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading northeast
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Flight time details
5,914 miles nonstop takes roughly 12h 4m 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
- SQJ — Shaxian Airport · Sanming, China
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 SQJ
- LCX · Longyan Guanzhishan Airport85 mi away
- WUS · Nanping Wuyishan Airport89 mi away
- FOC · Fuzhou Changle International Airport118 mi away
- JJN · Quanzhou Jinjiang International Airport122 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is LYS from SQJ?
The flight distance from Lyon (LYS) to Sanming (SQJ) is 5,914 miles (9,517 km, 5,139 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from LYS to SQJ?
A nonstop flight takes about 12h 4m 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 SQJ?
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