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POE to LBF: distance & flight time
Fort Polk (Polk Army Air Field) → North Platte (North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field)
812 mi
1,306 km · 705 nm
2h 14m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading northwest
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Flight time details
812 miles nonstop takes roughly 2h 14m gate to gate, flying northwest. 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
- POE — Polk Army Air Field · Fort Polk, United States
- LBF — North Platte Regional Airport Lee Bird Field · North Platte, United States
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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Near POE
- DRI · Beauregard Regional Airport17 mi away
- AEX · Alexandria International Airport43 mi away
- JAS · Jasper County Airport-Bell Field51 mi away
- ESF · Esler Regional Airport58 mi away
Near LBF
- LXN · Jim Kelly Field53 mi away
- MCK · Mc Cook Ben Nelson Regional Airport64 mi away
- HDE · Brewster Field84 mi away
- SNY · Sidney Municipal-Lloyd W Carr Field120 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is POE from LBF?
The flight distance from Fort Polk (POE) to North Platte (LBF) is 812 miles (1,306 km, 705 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from POE to LBF?
A nonstop flight takes about 2h 14m 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 POE to LBF?
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