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title: "London to Kuala Lumpur (LHR → KUL): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "London to Kuala Lumpur is 10,605 km (6,590 mi) great circle, an estimated 13h 41m 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-kul
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LHR → KUL

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

London Heathrow to Kuala Lumpur is 10,605 km of great circle — 6,590 mi — and an estimated 13h 41m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Asia.

**Great circle**
10,605 km
6,590 mi

**Estimated in the air**
13h 41m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
52.3°N
at 9% along

**One lap of Earth**
26.5%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 33rd longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From London the path crosses United Kingdom, then Netherlands, then Germany, then Poland, then Ukraine, then Russia, then Kazakhstan, then Uzbekistan, then Afghanistan, then Pakistan, then India, then 2,360 km of open water, then Malaysia.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 52.3°N, 9% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 11,049 km. That is 444 km further, about 4% more, and roughly 33m of extra flying.

Leaving London the aircraft points east (79°); it arrives into Kuala Lumpur heading south-east (142°). That is 64° 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 1.50 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

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

KUL

## Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia · Asia

2.7°N, 101.7°E

[KUL airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/kul)

## London to Kuala Lumpur, asked and answered

**How far is London to Kuala Lumpur?**
London to Kuala Lumpur (LHR to KUL) is 10,605 km, or 6,590 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from London to Kuala Lumpur?**
About 13h 41m 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 Kuala Lumpur flight take?**
The great circle passes over United Kingdom, then Netherlands, then Germany, then Poland, then Ukraine, then Russia, then Kazakhstan, then Uzbekistan, then Afghanistan, then Pakistan, then India, then 2,360 km of open water, then Malaysia. It reaches 52.3°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)

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## Nearby routes

[LHR → SIN London to Singapore 10,883 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-sin) [LHR → MRU London to Mauritius 9,784 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-mru) [LHR → CPT London to Cape Town 9,682 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-cpt) [LHR → HKG London to Hong Kong 9,630 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-hkg) [LHR → HND London to Tokyo 9,592 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-hnd) [LHR → NRT London to Tokyo 9,591 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-nrt)

## 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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