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BHX Birmingham ⇄ ALC Alicante

Birmingham Airport (United Kingdom) and Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (Spain): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,579 km981 mi852 nautical miles
BHX → ALC2 h 50 minestimated block time
ALC → BHX2 h 50 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 hAlicante vs Birmingham, today
Great-circle route from Birmingham (BHX) to Alicante (ALC)BHXBirminghamALCAlicante
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

BHX → ALC

2 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 176° (S).

Leave Birmingham Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Alicante Sat 7 Nov, 13:50 local.

ALC → BHX

2 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 357° (N).

Leave Alicante Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Birmingham Sat 7 Nov, 11:50 local.

The two directions differ by 1 minute in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,579 km · 981 mi · 852 nmi
Initial heading176° (S) from BHX; 357° (N) from ALC
Farthest from the equator52.5°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip8% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

BHXEurope/London — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
ALCEurope/Madrid — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceAlicante is 1 hour ahead of Birmingham today.

Jet lag, flying BHX → ALC. Your body clock has to move 1 hour earlier, like an eastward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

BHX Birmingham AirportBirmingham, United Kingdom · longest runway 10,013 ft3,052 m ALC Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportAlicante, Spain · longest runway 9,842 ft3,000 m

More routes from BHX and ALC

MANALC Manchester – Alicante 1,681 km1,044 mi · 2 h 55 min

Routes of a similar length

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