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title: "London to Amsterdam (LHR → AMS): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "London to Amsterdam is 370 km (230 mi) great circle, an estimated 58m 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-ams
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LHR → AMS

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

London Heathrow to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is 370 km of great circle — 230 mi — and an estimated 58m in the air. Both ends are in Europe.

**Great circle**
370 km
230 mi

**Estimated in the air**
58m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
52.3°N
at 100% along

**One lap of Earth**
0.9%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 289th longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From London the path crosses United Kingdom, then 218 km of open water, then Netherlands.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 52.3°N, 100% 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: east out of London, east into Amsterdam. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass.

One economy seat on it is about 55 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

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

AMS

## Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Amsterdam, Netherlands · Europe

52.3°N, 4.8°E

[AMS airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/ams) [Flights to Amsterdam →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/amsterdam)

## London to Amsterdam, asked and answered

**How far is London to Amsterdam?**
London to Amsterdam (LHR to AMS) is 370 km, or 230 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from London to Amsterdam?**
About 58m 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 Amsterdam flight take?**
The great circle passes over United Kingdom, then 218 km of open water, then Netherlands. It reaches 52.3°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 → CDG London to Paris 348 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-cdg) [LHR → DUB London to Dublin 449 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-dub) [LHR → FRA London to Frankfurt 654 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-fra) [LHR → ZRH London to Zurich 788 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-zrh) [LHR → MXP London to Milan 936 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-mxp) [LHR → MUC London to Munich 941 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-muc)

## 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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