--- title: "London to Oslo (LHR → OSL): distance and flight time · Orbit" description: "London to Oslo is 1,206 km (749 mi) great circle, an estimated 2h 00m 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-osl --- LHR → OSL # London to Oslo: distance, flight time and the route it really takes London Heathrow to Oslo-Gardermoen is 1,206 km of great circle — 749 mi — and an estimated 2h 00m in the air. Both ends are in Europe. **Great circle** 1,206 km 749 mi **Estimated in the air** 2h 00m block time **Furthest from equator** 60.2°N at 100% along **One lap of Earth** 3.0% of 40,075 km Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 240th longest. The London to Oslo route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe ## What the aircraft actually flies over From London the path crosses United Kingdom, then 735 km of open water, then Norway. The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 60.2°N, 100% 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 north-east (32°); it arrives into Oslo heading north-east (42°). That is 10° 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 179 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming. [LHR–OSL carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=LHR&to=OSL) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=LHR-OSL) 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 OSL ## Oslo-Gardermoen Oslo, Norway · Europe 60.2°N, 11.1°E [OSL airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/osl) ## London to Oslo, asked and answered **How far is London to Oslo?** London to Oslo (LHR to OSL) is 1,206 km, or 749 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports. **How long is the flight from London to Oslo?** About 2h 00m 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 Oslo flight take?** The great circle passes over United Kingdom, then 735 km of open water, then Norway. It reaches 60.2°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 → MAD London to Madrid 1,244 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-mad) [LHR → BCN London to Barcelona 1,148 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-bcn) [LHR → VIE London to Vienna 1,275 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-vie) [LHR → PMI London to Palma 1,348 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-pmi) [LHR → PRG London to Prague 1,044 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-prg) [LHR → CPH London to Copenhagen 979 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-cph) ## 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-osl for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt