--- title: "London to Copenhagen (LHR → CPH): distance and flight time · Orbit" description: "London to Copenhagen is 979 km (609 mi) great circle, an estimated 1h 43m 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-cph --- LHR → CPH # London to Copenhagen: distance, flight time and the route it really takes London Heathrow to Copenhagen Kastrup is 979 km of great circle — 609 mi — and an estimated 1h 43m in the air. Both ends are in Europe. **Great circle** 979 km 609 mi **Estimated in the air** 1h 43m block time **Furthest from equator** 55.6°N at 100% along **One lap of Earth** 2.4% of 40,075 km Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 252nd longest. The London to Copenhagen route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe ## What the aircraft actually flies over From London the path crosses United Kingdom, then 526 km of open water, then Germany, then Denmark. The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 55.6°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. Leaving London the aircraft points north-east (57°); it arrives into Copenhagen heading north-east (67°). That is 11° 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 145 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming. [LHR–CPH carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=LHR&to=CPH) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=LHR-CPH) 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 CPH ## Copenhagen Kastrup Copenhagen, Denmark · Europe 55.6°N, 12.7°E [CPH airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/cph) ## London to Copenhagen, asked and answered **How far is London to Copenhagen?** London to Copenhagen (LHR to CPH) is 979 km, or 609 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports. **How long is the flight from London to Copenhagen?** About 1h 43m 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 Copenhagen flight take?** The great circle passes over United Kingdom, then 526 km of open water, then Germany, then Denmark. It reaches 55.6°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? Orbit logs it in two taps and draws the arc on your own globe, along with every other flight you can remember. Free for your first 15. [Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit) ## Nearby routes [LHR → BER London to Berlin 961 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-ber) [LHR → MUC London to Munich 941 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-muc) [LHR → MXP London to Milan 936 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-mxp) [LHR → PRG London to Prague 1,044 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-prg) [LHR → BCN London to Barcelona 1,148 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-bcn) [LHR → ZRH London to Zurich 788 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-zrh) ## 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) --- Markdown copy of https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-cph for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt