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PAD to KEL: distance & flight time
Paderborn (Paderborn Lippstadt Airport) → Kiel (Kiel-Holtenau Airport)
201 mi
324 km · 175 nm
1h
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading north
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Flight time details
201 miles nonstop takes roughly 1h gate to gate, flying north. 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
- PAD — Paderborn Lippstadt Airport · Paderborn, Germany
- KEL — Kiel-Holtenau Airport · Kiel, Germany
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near PAD
- BFE · Bielefeld Airport24 mi away
- GUT · Gütersloh Air Base25 mi away
- KSF · Kassel-Calden Airport36 mi away
- DTM · Dortmund Airport44 mi away
Near KEL
- EUM · Neumünster Airport22 mi away
- WBG · Schleswig Air Base26 mi away
- FLF · Flensburg-Schäferhaus Airport41 mi away
- SGD · Sønderborg Airport43 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is PAD from KEL?
The flight distance from Paderborn (PAD) to Kiel (KEL) is 201 miles (324 km, 175 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from PAD to KEL?
A nonstop flight takes about 1h gate to gate. Actual time varies with winds, routing and season — eastbound transatlantic flights, for example, are usually faster than the return.
Are there nonstop flights from PAD to KEL?
Nonstop service on PAD–KEL depends on the season and the day of week. Run the fare search on this page with the nonstop filter applied to see current direct options; when there is no nonstop, a single connection through a carrier hub adds roughly 2–4 hours to the 1h nonstop estimate.
What is the cheapest way to fly from PAD to KEL?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on PAD–KEL that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.
Why are some PAD to KEL fares phone-only?
Consolidator contracts let us sell certain PAD–KEL tickets below the price airlines permit us to publish online, so those fares can only be quoted over the phone. Call the travel desk and an agent will check phone-only inventory for your dates.