AJA to LYS: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Ajaccio to Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône?

The great-circle distance between Ajaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airport (AJA) and Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport (LYS) is 517 km (321 mi, 279 nautical miles). That is the straight-line distance; a real flight is a little longer because of air-traffic routing.

How long is the flight from AJA to LYS?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 1h 10m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. LYS is roughly northwest of AJA.

How is the AJA to LYS route written in code?

The pair is written AJA-LYS in IATA codes and LFKJ-LFLL in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Ajaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airport is AJA (LFKJ), Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport is LYS (LFLL).

Both ICAO codes start with L, the prefix ICAO assigns to southern Europe, so this is a route inside one ICAO region. How ICAO prefixes are laid out.

LYS sits 803 ft (245 m) higher than AJA, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying AJA to LYS

2 airlines appear on this route in the open route dataset, 2 of them still listed as active. Each row gives the IATA code, the ICAO code and the radio callsign, which is what an air traffic controller hears:

A further 2 carriers sell this pair as a codeshare without operating it: AF, AZ.

Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on 3 July 2026. It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.

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