--- title: "London to Frankfurt (LHR → FRA): distance and flight time · Orbit" description: "London to Frankfurt is 654 km (406 mi) great circle, an estimated 1h 19m 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-fra --- LHR → FRA # London to Frankfurt: distance, flight time and the route it really takes London Heathrow to Frankfurt Main is 654 km of great circle — 406 mi — and an estimated 1h 19m in the air. Both ends are in Europe. **Great circle** 654 km 406 mi **Estimated in the air** 1h 19m block time **Furthest from equator** 51.5°N at 0% along **One lap of Earth** 1.6% of 40,075 km Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 273rd longest. The London to Frankfurt 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. 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 east (101°); it arrives into Frankfurt heading east (108°). That is 7° 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 97 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming. [LHR–FRA carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=LHR&to=FRA) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=LHR-FRA) 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 FRA ## Frankfurt Main Frankfurt, Germany · Europe 50.0°N, 8.6°E [FRA airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/fra) [Flights to Frankfurt →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/frankfurt) ## London to Frankfurt, asked and answered **How far is London to Frankfurt?** London to Frankfurt (LHR to FRA) is 654 km, or 406 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports. **How long is the flight from London to Frankfurt?** About 1h 19m 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 Frankfurt flight take?** The great circle passes over United Kingdom, then Belgium, then Germany. 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? 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 → ZRH London to Zurich 788 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-zrh) [LHR → DUB London to Dublin 449 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-dub) [LHR → MXP London to Milan 936 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-mxp) [LHR → AMS London to Amsterdam 370 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-ams) [LHR → MUC London to Munich 941 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-muc) [LHR → CDG London to Paris 348 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-cdg) ## 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-fra for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt