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Bucharest to Berlin: distance, flight time and the route it really takes

Bucharest Henri Coandă to Berlin Brandenburg is 1,267 km of great circle — 787 mi — and an estimated 2h 04m in the air. Both ends are in Europe.

Great circle
1,267 km
787 mi
Estimated in the air
2h 04m
block time
Furthest from equator
52.4°N
at 100% along
One lap of Earth
3.2%
of 40,075 km

Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 234th longest.

The Bucharest to Berlin route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe

What the aircraft actually flies over

From Bucharest the path crosses Romania, then Hungary, then Slovakia, then Czechia, then Poland, then Germany.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 52.4°N, 100% of the way along.

Holding a single compass bearing the whole way would cover almost exactly the same ground, so on this route the flat map and the globe agree.

Leaving Bucharest the aircraft points north-west (318°); it arrives into Berlin heading north-west (308°). That is 9° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.

From

OTP

Bucharest Henri Coandă

Bucharest, Romania · Europe

44.6°N, 26.1°E

To

BER

Berlin Brandenburg

Berlin, Germany · Europe

52.4°N, 13.5°E

Bucharest to Berlin, asked and answered

How far is Bucharest to Berlin?
Bucharest to Berlin (OTP to BER) is 1,267 km, or 787 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
How long is the flight from Bucharest to Berlin?
About 2h 04m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing.
What route does a Bucharest to Berlin flight take?
The great circle passes over Romania, then Hungary, then Slovakia, then Czechia, then Poland, then Germany. It reaches 52.4°N at its furthest from the equator.

Where these numbers come from

Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules.

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