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Route · Middle East and the Gulf hubs

AMM Amman ⇄ LHR London

Queen Alia International Airport (Jordan) and London Heathrow Airport (United Kingdom): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance3,683 km2,288 mi1,989 nautical miles
AMM → LHR5 h 35 minestimated block time
LHR → AMM4 h 55 minestimated block time
Clock change−3 hLondon vs Amman, today
Great-circle route from Amman (AMM) to London (LHR)AMMAmmanLHRLondon
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

AMM → LHR

5 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 317° (NW).

Leave Amman Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 12:35 local.

LHR → AMM

4 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 112° (ESE).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Amman Sat 7 Nov, 17:55 local.

LHR-bound flights are the slower direction by about 40 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance3,683 km · 2,288 mi · 1,989 nmi
Initial heading317° (NW) from AMM; 112° (ESE) from LHR
Farthest from the equator51.5°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip18% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

AMMAsia/Amman — UTC+3 now; UTC+3 all year (no daylight saving time)
LHREurope/London — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
DifferenceLondon is 3 hours behind Amman today; −3 h in January and −2 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying AMM → LHR. Your body clock has to move 3 hours later, like a westward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 3 days to fully adjust. Shifting later (as here) is usually the easier direction; evening daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

AMM Queen Alia International AirportAmman, Jordan · longest runway 12,008 ft3,660 m LHR London Heathrow AirportLondon, United Kingdom · longest runway 12,799 ft3,901 m

More routes from AMM and LHR

LHRMAN London – Manchester 243 km151 mi · 1 h 20 min LHROSL London – Oslo 1,206 km749 mi · 2 h 20 min LHRTLV London – Tel Aviv 3,589 km2,230 mi · 4 h 50 min LHRDEL London – Delhi 6,731 km4,183 mi · 8 h 05 min LHRSEZ London – Mahé 8,176 km5,080 mi · 10 h LHRSYD London – Sydney 17,021 km10,576 mi · 19 h 30 min

Routes of a similar length

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Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).