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title: "London to Mumbai (LHR → BOM): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "London to Mumbai is 7,213 km (4,482 mi) great circle, an estimated 9h 28m 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-bom
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LHR → BOM

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

London Heathrow to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj is 7,213 km of great circle — 4,482 mi — and an estimated 9h 28m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Asia.

**Great circle**
7,213 km
4,482 mi

**Estimated in the air**
9h 28m
block time

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

**One lap of Earth**
18.0%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 92nd longest.

The London to Mumbai 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 Georgia, then Azerbaijan, then Iran, then Afghanistan, 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 7,408 km. That is 196 km further, about 3% more, and roughly 15m of extra flying.

Leaving London the aircraft points east (91°); it arrives into Mumbai heading south-east (139°). That is 48° 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 1.02 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

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

BOM

## Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

Mumbai, India · Asia

19.1°N, 72.9°E

[BOM airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/bom)

## London to Mumbai, asked and answered

**How far is London to Mumbai?**
London to Mumbai (LHR to BOM) is 7,213 km, or 4,482 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from London to Mumbai?**
About 9h 28m 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 Mumbai flight take?**
The great circle passes over United Kingdom, then Germany, then Czechia, then Poland, then Slovakia, then Ukraine, then Russia, then Georgia, then Azerbaijan, then Iran, then Afghanistan, 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)

## Flown this one?

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## Nearby routes

[LHR → MIA London to Miami 7,109 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-mia) [LHR → NBO London to Nairobi 6,841 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-nbo) [LHR → DFW London to Dallas-Fort Worth 7,627 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-dfw) [LHR → ATL London to Atlanta 6,761 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-atl) [LHR → DEL London to Delhi 6,731 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-del) [LHR → SEA London to Seattle 7,702 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-sea)

## 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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