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title: "London to Jeddah (LHR → JED): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "London to Jeddah is 4,748 km (2,950 mi) great circle, an estimated 6h 24m 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-jed
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LHR → JED

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

London Heathrow to King Abdulaziz is 4,748 km of great circle — 2,950 mi — and an estimated 6h 24m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Asia.

**Great circle**
4,748 km
2,950 mi

**Estimated in the air**
6h 24m
block time

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

**One lap of Earth**
11.8%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 136th longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From London the path crosses France, then Italy, then Albania, then Greece, then 914 km of open water, then Egypt, then 831 km of open water.

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 4,784 km. That is 36 km further, about 1% more, and roughly 3m of extra flying.

Leaving London the aircraft points south-east (119°); it arrives into Jeddah heading south-east (144°). That is 25° 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 673 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

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

JED

## King Abdulaziz

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia · Asia

21.7°N, 39.2°E

[JED airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/jed)

## London to Jeddah, asked and answered

**How far is London to Jeddah?**
London to Jeddah (LHR to JED) is 4,748 km, or 2,950 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from London to Jeddah?**
About 6h 24m 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 Jeddah flight take?**
The great circle passes over France, then Italy, then Albania, then Greece, then 914 km of open water, then Egypt, then 831 km of open water. 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 → RUH London to Riyadh 4,940 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-ruh) [LHR → LOS London to Lagos 5,004 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-los) [LHR → ACC London to Accra 5,100 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-acc) [LHR → BOS London to Boston 5,240 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-bos) [LHR → DOH London to Doha 5,241 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-doh) [LHR → DXB London to Dubai 5,498 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-dxb)

## 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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