# Distance from Budapest (BUD) to Kirkuk (KIK)

> 2,462 km · estimated flight time 4h · Medium-haul route.

## Summary

- **Distance**: 2,462 km / 1,530 mi / 1,329 nm
- **Estimated flight time**: 4h
- **Heading**: 114° (east southeast)
- **Return heading**: 310° (northwest)
- **Classification**: Medium-haul
- **Type**: International (Hungary) → Iraq
- **Intercontinental**: Europe → Asia
- **Time difference**: +1h (When it's 14:50 in Budapest, it's 15:50 in Kirkuk)
- **Elevation difference**: 566 ft (KIK is higher than BUD)

## Airports

### [Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/bud-budapest-budapest-ferenc-liszt-international-airport/1ef266df-4ebe-6df2-a892-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Budapest, Hungary
- ICAO: LHBP
- Timezone: Europe/Budapest
- Coordinates: 47.440000, 19.260000
- Elevation: 495 ft

### [Kirkuk Air Base (KIK)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/kik-kirkuk-kirkuk-air-base/1ef266df-83fa-6430-b01e-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Kirkuk, Iraq
- ICAO: ORKK
- Timezone: Asia/Baghdad
- Coordinates: 35.470000, 44.350000
- Elevation: 1,061 ft

## Route notes

This is a medium-haul route that may be operated by either narrow-body or wide-body aircraft depending on demand. Passengers can expect a meal service on most carriers.

Time-zone information: When it's 14:50 in Budapest, it's 15:50 in Kirkuk.

## Related

- [Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/bud-budapest-budapest-ferenc-liszt-international-airport/1ef266df-4ebe-6df2-a892-06bb2780ed98)
- [Kirkuk Air Base (KIK)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/kik-kirkuk-kirkuk-air-base/1ef266df-83fa-6430-b01e-06bb2780ed98)
- [Flight duration calculator](/#calculator)