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title: "London to Málaga (LHR → AGP): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "London to Málaga is 1,676 km (1,041 mi) great circle, an estimated 2h 35m 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-agp
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LHR → AGP

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

London Heathrow to Málaga-Costa del Sol is 1,676 km of great circle — 1,041 mi — and an estimated 2h 35m in the air. Both ends are in Europe.

**Great circle**
1,676 km
1,041 mi

**Estimated in the air**
2h 35m
block time

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

**One lap of Earth**
4.2%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 214th longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From London the path crosses France, then 381 km of open water, then Spain.

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 Málaga. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass.

One economy seat on it is about 248 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

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

AGP

## Málaga-Costa del Sol

Málaga, Spain · Europe

36.7°N, 4.5°W

[AGP airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/agp)

## London to Málaga, asked and answered

**How far is London to Málaga?**
London to Málaga (LHR to AGP) is 1,676 km, or 1,041 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from London to Málaga?**
About 2h 35m 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 Málaga flight take?**
The great circle passes over France, then 381 km of open water, then Spain. 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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[Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit)

## Nearby routes

[LHR → FAO London to Faro 1,713 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-fao) [LHR → LIS London to Lisbon 1,564 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-lis) [LHR → HEL London to Helsinki 1,848 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-hel) [LHR → BUD London to Budapest 1,489 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-bud) [LHR → WAW London to Warsaw 1,469 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-waw) [LHR → ARN London to Stockholm 1,463 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-arn)

## 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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