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title: "London to Beirut (LHR → BEY): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "London to Beirut is 3,482 km (2,163 mi) great circle, an estimated 4h 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-bey
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LHR → BEY

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

London Heathrow to Beirut Rafic Hariri is 3,482 km of great circle — 2,163 mi — and an estimated 4h 50m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Asia.

**Great circle**
3,482 km
2,163 mi

**Estimated in the air**
4h 50m
block time

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

**One lap of Earth**
8.7%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 160th longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From London the path crosses United Kingdom, then France, then Belgium, then Germany, then Austria, then Croatia, then Serbia, then Bulgaria, then Turkey.

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

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 3,509 km. That is 27 km further, about 1% more, and roughly 2m of extra flying.

Leaving London the aircraft points east (110°); it arrives into Beirut heading south-east (135°). That is 25° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.

One economy seat on it is about 516 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

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

BEY

## Beirut Rafic Hariri

Beirut, Lebanon · Asia

33.8°N, 35.5°E

[BEY airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/bey)

## London to Beirut, asked and answered

**How far is London to Beirut?**
London to Beirut (LHR to BEY) is 3,482 km, or 2,163 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from London to Beirut?**
About 4h 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 Beirut flight take?**
The great circle passes over United Kingdom, then France, then Belgium, then Germany, then Austria, then Croatia, then Serbia, then Bulgaria, then Turkey. 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 → CAI London to Cairo 3,533 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-cai) [LHR → TLV London to Tel Aviv 3,589 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-tlv) [LHR → AMM London to Amman 3,683 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-amm) [LHR → TFS London to Tenerife 2,932 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-tfs) [LHR → IST London to Istanbul 2,487 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-ist) [LHR → ATH London to Athens 2,427 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-ath)

## 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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