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Flights to London: how far it is, and from where

London sits at 51.5°N, 0.5°W, served by London Heathrow (LHR). Below are 72 routes into it, with the great circle distance and an estimated flying time for each.

This page is about distance and geography — there are no fares or schedules on it. For tickets, use a booking site; for how far it actually is and what you fly over to get there, you’re in the right place.

Routes here
72
in the catalogue
Nearest
348 km
from Paris
Furthest
14,508 km
from Perth
Airports
1
LHR

How far London is from everywhere else

Great circle distance between the airports, and an estimate of the time in the air. Every row links to the route in full.

FromDistanceEstimatedDirection
ParisCDG348 km56mbarely any time shift
AmsterdamAMS370 km58mbarely any time shift
DublinDUB449 km1h 03mbarely any time shift
FrankfurtFRA654 km1h 19mbarely any time shift
ZurichZRH788 km1h 29mbarely any time shift
MilanMXP936 km1h 40mbarely any time shift
MunichMUC941 km1h 40mbarely any time shift
BerlinBER961 km1h 42mbarely any time shift
CopenhagenCPH979 km1h 43mbarely any time shift
PraguePRG1,044 km1h 48mbarely any time shift
BarcelonaBCN1,148 km1h 56mbarely any time shift
OsloOSL1,206 km2h 00mbarely any time shift
MadridMAD1,244 km2h 03mbarely any time shift
ViennaVIE1,275 km2h 05mwestbound — the easier direction
PalmaPMI1,348 km2h 11mbarely any time shift
RomeFCO1,444 km2h 18mbarely any time shift
StockholmARN1,463 km2h 19mwestbound — the easier direction
WarsawWAW1,469 km2h 20mwestbound — the easier direction
BudapestBUD1,489 km2h 21mwestbound — the easier direction
LisbonLIS1,564 km2h 27mbarely any time shift
MálagaAGP1,676 km2h 35mbarely any time shift
FaroFAO1,713 km2h 38mbarely any time shift
HelsinkiHEL1,848 km2h 48mwestbound — the easier direction
ReykjavíkKEF1,895 km2h 51meastbound — the harder direction
BucharestOTP2,105 km3h 07mwestbound — the easier direction
MarrakeshRAK2,294 km3h 21mbarely any time shift
AthensATH2,427 km3h 31mwestbound — the easier direction
IstanbulIST2,487 km3h 35mwestbound — the easier direction
TenerifeTFS2,932 km4h 09meastbound — the harder direction
BeirutBEY3,482 km4h 50mwestbound — the easier direction
CairoCAI3,533 km4h 53mwestbound — the easier direction
Tel AvivTLV3,589 km4h 58mwestbound — the easier direction
AmmanAMM3,683 km5h 05mwestbound — the easier direction
JeddahJED4,748 km6h 24mwestbound — the easier direction
RiyadhRUH4,940 km6h 38mwestbound — the easier direction
LagosLOS5,004 km6h 43mbarely any time shift
AccraACC5,100 km6h 50mbarely any time shift
BostonBOS5,240 km7h 01meastbound — the harder direction
DohaDOH5,241 km7h 01mwestbound — the easier direction
DubaiDXB5,498 km7h 20mwestbound — the easier direction
Abu DhabiAUH5,516 km7h 21mwestbound — the easier direction
New YorkJFK5,540 km7h 23meastbound — the harder direction
NewarkEWR5,562 km7h 25meastbound — the harder direction
TorontoYYZ5,707 km7h 36meastbound — the harder direction
WashingtonIAD5,902 km7h 50meastbound — the harder direction
ChicagoORD6,344 km8h 23meastbound — the harder direction
DelhiDEL6,731 km8h 52mwestbound — the easier direction
AtlantaATL6,761 km8h 54meastbound — the harder direction
NairobiNBO6,841 km9h 00mwestbound — the easier direction
MiamiMIA7,109 km9h 20meastbound — the harder direction
MumbaiBOM7,213 km9h 28mwestbound — the easier direction
Dallas-Fort WorthDFW7,627 km9h 59meastbound — the harder direction
SeattleSEA7,702 km10h 04meastbound — the harder direction
BangaloreBLR8,046 km10h 30mwestbound — the easier direction
BeijingPEK8,154 km10h 38mwestbound — the easier direction
MaléMLE8,539 km11h 07mwestbound — the easier direction
San FranciscoSFO8,616 km11h 12meastbound — the harder direction
ColomboCMB8,715 km11h 20mwestbound — the easier direction
Los AngelesLAX8,760 km11h 23meastbound — the harder direction
SeoulICN8,861 km11h 31mwestbound — the easier direction
JohannesburgJNB9,075 km11h 47mwestbound — the easier direction
ShanghaiPVG9,241 km11h 59mwestbound — the easier direction
São PauloGRU9,460 km12h 15meastbound — the harder direction
BangkokBKK9,578 km12h 24mwestbound — the easier direction
TokyoNRT9,591 km12h 25mwestbound — the easier direction
TokyoHND9,592 km12h 25mwestbound — the easier direction
Hong KongHKG9,630 km12h 28mwestbound — the easier direction
Cape TownCPT9,682 km12h 32mwestbound — the easier direction
MauritiusMRU9,784 km12h 40mwestbound — the easier direction
Kuala LumpurKUL10,605 km13h 41mwestbound — the easier direction
SingaporeSIN10,883 km14h 01mwestbound — the easier direction
PerthPER14,508 km18h 32mwestbound — the easier direction

What London adds to a map

London puts a pin in United Kingdom, and Europe is one of the seven continents — the coarsest and most useful measure of how much of the world a flight map actually covers. The furthest route here, from Perth, is 14,508 km: 36.2% of one lap of the Earth in a single flight.

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