✈ ZRH → OTP
2H 49M FROM ZURICH TO BUCHAREST. PACK A BOOK YOU WON'T FINISH.
Flight from Zurich to Bucharest
From Zurich Airport (ZRH), Switzerland Europe → Henri Coandă (OTP), Romania Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Bucharest → Zurich
How long is the flight from Zurich to Bucharest?
A nonstop flight from Zurich (ZRH) to Bucharest (OTP) takes about 2 hours 49 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 863 miles (1,389 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
2h 49m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
863 mi
1,389 km · great-circle
Avg speed
493 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Zurich timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Zurich
Bucharest timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Bucharest
Time difference
+1h
1 hour ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~1d
Eastward — worse
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.8× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Zurich
Nearest destinations
- Zurich → Milan
- Zurich → Munich
- Zurich → Frankfurt
- Zurich → Paris
- Zurich → Brussels
- Zurich → Prague
- Zurich → Amsterdam
- Zurich → Vienna
- Zurich → Berlin
- Zurich → Rome
Long-haul from Zurich
- Zurich → Auckland
- Zurich → Sydney
- Zurich → Melbourne
- Zurich → Bali (Denpasar)
- Zurich → Santiago
- Zurich → Buenos Aires
- Zurich → Manila
- Zurich → Singapore
- Zurich → Kuala Lumpur
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Flights to Bucharest
Nearest origins
- Istanbul → Bucharest
- Budapest → Bucharest
- Athens → Bucharest
- Vienna → Bucharest
- Warsaw → Bucharest
- Prague → Bucharest
- Rome → Bucharest
- Munich → Bucharest
- Berlin → Bucharest
- Milan → Bucharest
Long-haul to Bucharest
- Auckland → Bucharest
- Sydney → Bucharest
- Melbourne → Bucharest
- Santiago → Bucharest
- Buenos Aires → Bucharest
- Mexico City → Bucharest
- Bali (Denpasar) → Bucharest
- Los Angeles → Bucharest
- São Paulo → Bucharest
- San Francisco → Bucharest