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title: "London to Mauritius (LHR → MRU): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "London to Mauritius is 9,784 km (6,080 mi) great circle, an estimated 12h 40m 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-mru
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LHR → MRU

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

London Heathrow to Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam is 9,784 km of great circle — 6,080 mi — and an estimated 12h 40m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Africa.

**Great circle**
9,784 km
6,080 mi

**Estimated in the air**
12h 40m
block time

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

**One lap of Earth**
24.4%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 44th longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From London the path crosses United Kingdom, then France, then Switzerland, then Italy, then 1,150 km of open water, then Egypt, then Sudan, then Eritrea, then Ethiopia, then Somalia, then 2,837 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 9,837 km. That is 53 km further, about 1% more, and roughly 4m of extra flying.

Leaving London the aircraft points south-east (127°); it arrives into Mauritius heading south-east (148°). That is 21° 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 1.39 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

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

MRU

## Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam

Mauritius, Mauritius · Africa

20.4°S, 57.7°E

[MRU airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/mru)

## London to Mauritius, asked and answered

**How far is London to Mauritius?**
London to Mauritius (LHR to MRU) is 9,784 km, or 6,080 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from London to Mauritius?**
About 12h 40m 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 Mauritius flight take?**
The great circle passes over United Kingdom, then France, then Switzerland, then Italy, then 1,150 km of open water, then Egypt, then Sudan, then Eritrea, then Ethiopia, then Somalia, then 2,837 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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## Nearby routes

[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) [LHR → BKK London to Bangkok 9,578 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-bkk) [LHR → GRU London to São Paulo 9,460 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-gru)

## 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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