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title: "London to Marrakesh (LHR → RAK): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "London to Marrakesh is 2,294 km (1,426 mi) great circle, an estimated 3h 21m 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-rak
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LHR → RAK

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

London Heathrow to Marrakesh Menara is 2,294 km of great circle — 1,426 mi — and an estimated 3h 21m in the air. It crosses from Europe to Africa.

**Great circle**
2,294 km
1,426 mi

**Estimated in the air**
3h 21m
block time

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

**One lap of Earth**
5.7%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 188th longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From London the path crosses France, then 447 km of open water, then Spain, then 344 km of open water, then Morocco.

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 south (199°); it arrives into Marrakesh heading south (193°). That is 5° 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 340 kg of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

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

RAK

## Marrakesh Menara

Marrakesh, Morocco · Africa

31.6°N, 8.0°W

[RAK airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/rak)

## London to Marrakesh, asked and answered

**How far is London to Marrakesh?**
London to Marrakesh (LHR to RAK) is 2,294 km, or 1,426 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from London to Marrakesh?**
About 3h 21m 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 Marrakesh flight take?**
The great circle passes over France, then 447 km of open water, then Spain, then 344 km of open water, then Morocco. 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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[Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit)

## Nearby routes

[LHR → ATH London to Athens 2,427 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-ath) [LHR → OTP London to Bucharest 2,105 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-otp) [LHR → IST London to Istanbul 2,487 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-ist) [LHR → KEF London to Reykjavík 1,895 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-kef) [LHR → HEL London to Helsinki 1,848 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-hel) [LHR → FAO London to Faro 1,713 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-fao)

## 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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