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title: "London to Doha (LHR → DOH): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "London to Doha is 5,241 km (3,257 mi) great circle, an estimated 7h 01m 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-doh
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LHR → DOH

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

London Heathrow to Hamad is 5,241 km of great circle — 3,257 mi — and an estimated 7h 01m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Asia.

**Great circle**
5,241 km
3,257 mi

**Estimated in the air**
7h 01m
block time

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

**One lap of Earth**
13.1%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 123rd longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From London the path crosses United Kingdom, then Belgium, then Germany, then Austria, then Hungary, then Romania, then Bulgaria, then Turkey, then Syria, then Iraq, then Kuwait.

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 5,317 km. That is 76 km further, about 1% more, and roughly 6m of extra flying.

Leaving London the aircraft points east (103°); it arrives into Doha heading south-east (138°). That is 35° 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 742 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

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

DOH

## Hamad

Doha, Qatar · Asia

25.3°N, 51.6°E

[DOH airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/doh) [Flights to Doha →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/doha)

## London to Doha, asked and answered

**How far is London to Doha?**
London to Doha (LHR to DOH) is 5,241 km, or 3,257 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from London to Doha?**
About 7h 01m 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 Doha flight take?**
The great circle passes over United Kingdom, then Belgium, then Germany, then Austria, then Hungary, then Romania, then Bulgaria, then Turkey, then Syria, then Iraq, then Kuwait. 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 → BOS London to Boston 5,240 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-bos) [LHR → ACC London to Accra 5,100 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-acc) [LHR → LOS London to Lagos 5,004 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-los) [LHR → DXB London to Dubai 5,498 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-dxb) [CDG → DOH Paris to Doha 4,969 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-doh) [LHR → AUH London to Abu Dhabi 5,516 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-auh)

## 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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