AMS to MAN: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Amsterdam to Manchester, Greater Manchester?

The great-circle distance between Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) and Manchester Airport (MAN) is 487 km (303 mi, 263 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 AMS to MAN?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 1h 5m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. MAN is roughly west of AMS.

How is the AMS to MAN route written in code?

The pair is written AMS-MAN in IATA codes and EHAM-EGCC in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is AMS (EHAM), Manchester Airport is MAN (EGCC).

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

MAN sits 268 ft (82 m) higher than AMS, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying AMS to MAN

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 1 carrier sell this pair as a codeshare without operating it: CI.

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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