--- title: "London to Dublin (LHR → DUB): distance and flight time · Orbit" description: "London to Dublin is 449 km (279 mi) great circle, an estimated 1h 03m 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-dub --- LHR → DUB # London to Dublin: distance, flight time and the route it really takes London Heathrow to Dublin is 449 km of great circle — 279 mi — and an estimated 1h 03m in the air. Both ends are in Europe. **Great circle** 449 km 279 mi **Estimated in the air** 1h 03m block time **Furthest from equator** 53.4°N at 100% along **One lap of Earth** 1.1% of 40,075 km Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 285th longest. The London to Dublin route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe ## What the aircraft actually flies over From London the path crosses United Kingdom, then 101 km of open water. The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 53.4°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. The heading barely moves: north-west out of London, north-west into Dublin. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass. One economy seat on it is about 67 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming. [LHR–DUB carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=LHR&to=DUB) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=LHR-DUB) 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 DUB ## Dublin Dublin, Ireland · Europe 53.4°N, 6.3°W [DUB airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/dub) ## London to Dublin, asked and answered **How far is London to Dublin?** London to Dublin (LHR to DUB) is 449 km, or 279 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports. **How long is the flight from London to Dublin?** About 1h 03m 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 Dublin flight take?** The great circle passes over United Kingdom, then 101 km of open water. It reaches 53.4°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 → AMS London to Amsterdam 370 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-ams) [LHR → CDG London to Paris 348 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-cdg) [LHR → FRA London to Frankfurt 654 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-fra) [LHR → ZRH London to Zurich 788 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-zrh) [LHR → MXP London to Milan 936 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-mxp) [LHR → MUC London to Munich 941 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-muc) ## 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-dub for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt