- Great circle
- 2,105 km
- 1,308 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 3h 07m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 51.5°N
- at 0% along
- One lap of Earth
- 5.3%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 196th longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From London the path crosses United Kingdom, then Belgium, then Germany, then Austria, then Hungary, then Romania.
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 Bucharest heading south-east (121°). That is 20° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.
OTP
Bucharest Henri Coandă
Bucharest, Romania · Europe
44.6°N, 26.1°E
London to Bucharest, asked and answered
- How far is London to Bucharest?
- London to Bucharest (LHR to OTP) is 2,105 km, or 1,308 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from London to Bucharest?
- About 3h 07m 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 Bucharest flight take?
- The great circle passes over United Kingdom, then Belgium, then Germany, then Austria, then Hungary, then Romania. 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.
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