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CLT Charlotte ⇄ LHR London

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

Distance6,409 km3,983 mi3,461 nautical miles
CLT → LHR7 h 45 minestimated block time
LHR → CLT9 hestimated block time
Clock change+4 hLondon vs Charlotte, today
Great-circle route from Charlotte (CLT) to London (LHR)CLTCharlotteLHRLondon
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

CLT → LHR

7 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 47° (NE).

Leave Charlotte Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 22:45 local.

LHR → CLT

9 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 287° (WNW).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Charlotte Sat 7 Nov, 14:00 local.

CLT-bound flights are the slower direction by about 75 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 distance6,409 km · 3,983 mi · 3,461 nmi
Initial heading47° (NE) from CLT; 287° (WNW) from LHR
Farthest from the equator53.5°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip32% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

CLTAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
LHREurope/London — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
DifferenceLondon is 4 hours ahead of Charlotte today.

Jet lag, flying CLT → LHR. Your body clock has to move 4 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 4 days to fully adjust. Shifting earlier (as here) is usually the harder direction; morning daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

CLT Charlotte Douglas International AirportCharlotte, United States · longest runway 10,000 ft3,048 m LHR London Heathrow AirportLondon, United Kingdom · longest runway 12,799 ft3,901 m

More routes from CLT and LHR

ATLCLT Atlanta – Charlotte 365 km227 mi · 1 h 25 min LGACLT New York – Charlotte 875 km544 mi · 2 h 10 min 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

JFKMXP New York – Milan 6,413 km3,985 mi · 7 h 45 min DXBJNB Dubai – Johannesburg 6,413 km3,985 mi · 8 h 25 min DTWCDG Detroit – Paris 6,359 km3,952 mi · 7 h 45 min YYZFRA Toronto – Frankfurt 6,344 km3,942 mi · 7 h 45 min

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).