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title: "London to Faro (LHR → FAO): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "London to Faro is 1,713 km (1,064 mi) great circle, an estimated 2h 38m 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-fao
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LHR → FAO

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

London Heathrow to Faro - Gago Coutinho is 1,713 km of great circle — 1,064 mi — and an estimated 2h 38m in the air. Both ends are in Europe.

**Great circle**
1,713 km
1,064 mi

**Estimated in the air**
2h 38m
block time

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

**One lap of Earth**
4.3%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 211th longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From London the path crosses France, then 475 km of open water, then Spain, then Portugal.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 51.5°N, 0% 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 south-west (203°); it arrives into Faro heading south (198°). That is 5° 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 254 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

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

FAO

## Faro - Gago Coutinho

Faro, Portugal · Europe

37.0°N, 8.0°W

[FAO airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/fao)

## London to Faro, asked and answered

**How far is London to Faro?**
London to Faro (LHR to FAO) is 1,713 km, or 1,064 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from London to Faro?**
About 2h 38m 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 Faro flight take?**
The great circle passes over France, then 475 km of open water, then Spain, then Portugal. 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 → AGP London to Málaga 1,676 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-agp) [LHR → HEL London to Helsinki 1,848 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-hel) [LHR → LIS London to Lisbon 1,564 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-lis) [LHR → KEF London to Reykjavík 1,895 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-kef) [LHR → BUD London to Budapest 1,489 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-bud) [LHR → WAW London to Warsaw 1,469 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-waw)

## 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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