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FRA Frankfurt ⇄ BER Berlin

Frankfurt Main Airport (Germany) and Berlin Brandenburg Airport (Germany): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance431 km268 mi233 nautical miles
FRA → BER1 h 30 minestimated block time
BER → FRA1 h 35 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hBerlin vs Frankfurt, today
Great-circle route from Frankfurt (FRA) to Berlin (BER)FRAFrankfurtBERBerlin
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

FRA → BER

1 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 51° (NE).

Leave Frankfurt Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Berlin Sat 7 Nov, 11:30 local.

BER → FRA

1 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 235° (SW).

Leave Berlin Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Frankfurt Sat 7 Nov, 11:35 local.

The two directions differ by 4 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance431 km · 268 mi · 233 nmi
Initial heading51° (NE) from FRA; 235° (SW) from BER
Farthest from the equator52.4°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip2% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

FRAEurope/Berlin — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
BEREurope/Berlin — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceBerlin is on the same clock as Frankfurt today.

Jet lag, flying FRA → BER. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

FRA Frankfurt Main AirportFrankfurt, Germany · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m BER Berlin Brandenburg AirportBerlin, Germany · longest runway 13,123 ft4,000 m

More routes from FRA and BER

LHRFRA London – Frankfurt 654 km406 mi · 1 h 45 min JFKFRA New York – Frankfurt 6,189 km3,846 mi · 7 h 35 min ATLFRA Atlanta – Frankfurt 7,409 km4,604 mi · 8 h 50 min IAHFRA Houston – Frankfurt 8,402 km5,221 mi · 9 h 55 min FRABKK Frankfurt – Bangkok 9,000 km5,593 mi · 10 h 35 min FRASIN Frankfurt – Singapore 10,280 km6,388 mi · 12 h 05 min MUCBER Munich – Berlin 462 km287 mi · 1 h 35 min LHRBER London – Berlin 961 km597 mi · 2 h 05 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRDUB London – Dublin 449 km279 mi · 1 h 35 min GMPCJU Seoul – Jeju 451 km280 mi · 1 h 35 min PHXLAS Phoenix – Las Vegas 411 km256 mi · 1 h 35 min HNDITM Tokyo – Osaka 404 km251 mi · 1 h 35 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).