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title: "London to Bangalore (LHR → BLR): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "London to Bangalore is 8,046 km (5,000 mi) great circle, an estimated 10h 30m 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-blr
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LHR → BLR

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

London Heathrow to Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru is 8,046 km of great circle — 5,000 mi — and an estimated 10h 30m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Asia.

**Great circle**
8,046 km
5,000 mi

**Estimated in the air**
10h 30m
block time

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

**One lap of Earth**
20.1%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 79th longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From London the path crosses United Kingdom, then Germany, then Czechia, then Poland, then Slovakia, then Ukraine, then Russia, then 543 km of open water, then Georgia, then Azerbaijan, then Iran, then Pakistan, then India.

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 8,270 km. That is 223 km further, about 3% more, and roughly 17m of extra flying.

Leaving London the aircraft points east (91°); it arrives into Bangalore heading south-east (140°). That is 49° 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 1.14 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

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

BLR

## Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru

Bangalore, India · Asia

13.2°N, 77.7°E

[BLR airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/blr)

## London to Bangalore, asked and answered

**How far is London to Bangalore?**
London to Bangalore (LHR to BLR) is 8,046 km, or 5,000 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from London to Bangalore?**
About 10h 30m 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 Bangalore flight take?**
The great circle passes over United Kingdom, then Germany, then Czechia, then Poland, then Slovakia, then Ukraine, then Russia, then 543 km of open water, then Georgia, then Azerbaijan, then Iran, then Pakistan, then India. 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)

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## Nearby routes

[LHR → PEK London to Beijing 8,154 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-pek) [LHR → SEA London to Seattle 7,702 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-sea) [LHR → DFW London to Dallas-Fort Worth 7,627 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-dfw) [LHR → MLE London to Malé 8,539 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-mle) [LHR → SFO London to San Francisco 8,616 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-sfo) [LHR → CMB London to Colombo 8,715 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-cmb)

## 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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