--- title: "London to Palma (LHR → PMI): distance and flight time · Orbit" description: "London to Palma is 1,348 km (838 mi) great circle, an estimated 2h 11m 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-pmi --- LHR → PMI # London to Palma: distance, flight time and the route it really takes London Heathrow to Palma de Mallorca is 1,348 km of great circle — 838 mi — and an estimated 2h 11m in the air. Both ends are in Europe. **Great circle** 1,348 km 838 mi **Estimated in the air** 2h 11m block time **Furthest from equator** 51.5°N at 0% along **One lap of Earth** 3.4% of 40,075 km Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 228th longest. The London to Palma route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe ## What the aircraft actually flies over From London the path crosses France, then Spain, then 209 km of open water. 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. The heading barely moves: south out of London, south into Palma. Over this distance the curve has too little room to bend the compass. One economy seat on it is about 200 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming. [LHR–PMI carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=LHR&to=PMI) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=LHR-PMI) 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 PMI ## Palma de Mallorca Palma, Spain · Europe 39.6°N, 2.7°E [PMI airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/pmi) ## London to Palma, asked and answered **How far is London to Palma?** London to Palma (LHR to PMI) is 1,348 km, or 838 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports. **How long is the flight from London to Palma?** About 2h 11m 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 Palma flight take?** The great circle passes over France, then Spain, then 209 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? 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 → VIE London to Vienna 1,275 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-vie) [LHR → FCO London to Rome 1,444 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-fco) [LHR → MAD London to Madrid 1,244 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-mad) [LHR → ARN London to Stockholm 1,463 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-arn) [LHR → WAW London to Warsaw 1,469 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-waw) [LHR → BUD London to Budapest 1,489 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-bud) ## 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-pmi for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt