# Distance from Kiel (KEL) to Bucharest (OTP)

> 1,580 km · estimated flight time 3h · Medium-haul route.

## Summary

- **Distance**: 1,580 km / 982 mi / 853 nm
- **Estimated flight time**: 3h
- **Heading**: 127° (southeast)
- **Return heading**: 319° (northwest)
- **Classification**: Medium-haul
- **Type**: International (Germany) → Romania
- **Time difference**: +1h (When it's 09:26 in Kiel, it's 10:26 in Bucharest)
- **Elevation difference**: 212 ft (OTP is higher than KEL)

## Airports

### [Kiel-Holtenau Airport (KEL)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/kel-kiel-kiel-holtenau-airport/1ef266de-bc29-6032-bd03-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Kiel, Germany
- ICAO: EDHK
- Timezone: Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates: 54.380000, 10.150000
- Elevation: 102 ft

### [Henri Coanda International Airport (OTP)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/otp-bucharest-henri-coanda-international-airport/1ef266df-5682-65f2-900a-06bb2780ed98)

- City: Bucharest, Romania
- ICAO: LROP
- Timezone: Europe/Bucharest
- Coordinates: 44.570000, 26.100000
- Elevation: 314 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 09:26 in Kiel, it's 10:26 in Bucharest.

## Related

- [Kiel-Holtenau Airport (KEL)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/kel-kiel-kiel-holtenau-airport/1ef266de-bc29-6032-bd03-06bb2780ed98)
- [Henri Coanda International Airport (OTP)](https://www.flightduration.online/airport/otp-bucharest-henri-coanda-international-airport/1ef266df-5682-65f2-900a-06bb2780ed98)
- [Flight duration calculator](/#calculator)