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SFT to ESS: distance & flight time
Skelleftea (Skellefteå Airport) → Essen (Essen Mulheim Airport)
1,045 mi
1,681 km · 908 nm
2h 44m
estimated nonstop flight time
Same time
time difference · heading southwest
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Flight time details
1,045 miles nonstop takes roughly 2h 44m gate to gate, flying southwest. 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
- SFT — Skellefteå Airport · Skelleftea, Sweden
- ESS — Essen Mulheim Airport · Essen, Germany
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
Alternate airports can cut this fare
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Near SFT
- UME · Umeå Airport62 mi away
- LYC · Lycksele Airport70 mi away
- LLA · Luleå Airport70 mi away
- AJR · Arvidsjaur Airport85 mi away
Near ESS
- DUS · Düsseldorf Airport11 mi away
- MGL · Mönchengladbach Airport22 mi away
- DTM · Dortmund Airport30 mi away
- NRN · Weeze Airport37 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is SFT from ESS?
The flight distance from Skelleftea (SFT) to Essen (ESS) is 1,045 miles (1,681 km, 908 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SFT to ESS?
A nonstop flight takes about 2h 44m 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 SFT to ESS?
Nonstop service on SFT–ESS 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 2h 44m nonstop estimate.
What is the cheapest way to fly from SFT to ESS?
Compare live fares online, then call CheapoTrav — our agents have unpublished consolidator fares on SFT–ESS that never appear on search engines, with no booking fees.
Why are some SFT to ESS fares phone-only?
Consolidator contracts let us sell certain SFT–ESS 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.