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SQJ to LYN: distance & flight time
Sanming (Shaxian Airport) → Lyon (Lyon-Bron Airport)
5,919 mi
9,526 km · 5,144 nm
12h 4m
estimated nonstop flight time
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time difference · heading northwest
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Flight time details
5,919 miles nonstop takes roughly 12h 4m 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
- SQJ — Shaxian Airport · Sanming, China
- LYN — Lyon-Bron Airport · Lyon, France
Distances are great-circle ("as the crow flies") — the same basis airlines use for frequent-flyer miles.
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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
Near LYN
- LYS · Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport7 mi away
- GNB · Grenoble-Isère Airport31 mi away
- EBU · Saint-Étienne-Bouthéon Airport34 mi away
- CMF · Chambéry-Savoie Airport46 mi away
Frequently asked questions
How far is SQJ from LYN?
The flight distance from Sanming (SQJ) to Lyon (LYN) is 5,919 miles (9,526 km, 5,144 nautical miles), measured along the great-circle route airlines actually fly.
How long is the flight from SQJ to LYN?
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 SQJ to LYN?
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