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title: "London to Accra (LHR → ACC): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "London to Accra is 5,100 km (3,169 mi) great circle, an estimated 6h 50m in the air. The route, what it flies over, and why the short way is not the straight line on a map."
url: https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-acc
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LHR → ACC

# London to Accra: distance, flight time and the route it really takes

London Heathrow to Kotoka is 5,100 km of great circle — 3,169 mi — and an estimated 6h 50m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Africa.

**Great circle**
5,100 km
3,169 mi

**Estimated in the air**
6h 50m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
51.5°N
at 0% along

**One lap of Earth**
12.7%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 128th longest.

The London to Accra route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From London the path crosses France, then Spain, then Algeria, then Mali, then Burkina Faso, then Ghana.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 51.5°N, 0% of the way along.

Holding a single compass bearing the whole way would cover almost exactly the same ground, so on this route the flat map and the globe agree.

The heading barely moves: south out of London, south into Accra. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass.

One economy seat on it is about 722 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

[LHR–ACC carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=LHR&to=ACC) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=LHR-ACC)

From

LHR

## London Heathrow

London, United Kingdom · Europe

51.5°N, 0.5°W

[LHR airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/lhr) [Flights to London →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/london)

To

ACC

## Kotoka

Accra, Ghana · Africa

5.6°N, 0.2°W

[ACC airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/acc)

## London to Accra, asked and answered

**How far is London to Accra?**
London to Accra (LHR to ACC) is 5,100 km, or 3,169 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from London to Accra?**
About 6h 50m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing.

**What route does a London to Accra flight take?**
The great circle passes over France, then Spain, then Algeria, then Mali, then Burkina Faso, then Ghana. It reaches 51.5°N at its furthest from the equator.

## Where these numbers come from

Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules.

[Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained)

## Flown this one?

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## Nearby routes

[LHR → LOS London to Lagos 5,004 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-los) [LHR → BOS London to Boston 5,240 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-bos) [LHR → DOH London to Doha 5,241 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-doh) [LHR → RUH London to Riyadh 4,940 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-ruh) [LHR → JED London to Jeddah 4,748 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-jed) [LHR → DXB London to Dubai 5,498 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-dxb)

## Further reading

[How many miles do you have to fly around the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/how-many-miles-to-fly-around-the-world) [What is on the exact opposite side of the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/opposite-side-of-the-world) [What's actually worth counting in a flight log](https://orbitflights.app/blog/what-is-worth-counting-in-a-flight-log)

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