There are 5 ways to get from Charlotte to Lyon by plane or train
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Fly Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
best- Fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane CLT - LYS
14h 3m€237–917Fly Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Geneva International Airport, train
- Fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Geneva International Airport (GVA)plane CLT - GVA
- Take the train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieutrain
16h 33m€390–1,541Train to Raleigh-Durham International Airport, fly to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport
- Take the train from Charlotte Amtrak Station to Durham Amtrak Stationtrain
- Fly from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS)plane RDU - LYS
16h 44m€289–994Fly Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane CLT - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieutrain
13h 40m€337–912Fly Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport, train
- Fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport (CFE)plane CLT - CFE
- Take the train from Clermont Ferrand to Lyon Part Dieutrain
17h 3m€579–2,252
Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Charlotte to Lyon is to fly which costs €230 - €950 and takes 14h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Charlotte to Lyon is to fly and train which takes 13h 40m and costs €330 - €950.
The distance between Charlotte and Lyon is 7050 km.
It takes approximately 14h 3m to get from Charlotte to Lyon, including transfers.
Lyon is 6h ahead of Charlotte. It is currently 2:55 PM in Charlotte and 8:55 PM in Lyon.
There are 3720+ hotels available in Lyon.
What companies run services between Charlotte, NC, USA and Lyon, France?
American Airlines, Aer Lingus, and four other airlines fly from Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) 4 times a day.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,300
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 18m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Geneva International Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,200
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Boston, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,200
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Philadelphia, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 6m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,200
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Washington Dulles, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,200
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via London Heathrow, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,200
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Dublin, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €250–950
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,200
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Boston, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 38m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,200
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Philadelphia, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 6m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,200
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Clermont-Ferrand Auvergne Airport via Washington Dulles, Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €550–2,200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €280–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–750
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €220–850
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €310–1,300
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220–850
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–900
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–850
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €240–950
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €290–1,200
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €250–1,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €270–1,100
Flights from Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Geneva International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €230–900
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Raleigh-Durham International Airport to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €350–1,200
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Geneve to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €70–160
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- €70–110
- Rail 1st Class
- €110–160
Train from Clermont Ferrand to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Charlotte Amtrak Station to Durham Amtrak Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–28
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
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