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LGW London ⇄ AYT Antalya

London Gatwick Airport (United Kingdom) and Antalya International Airport (Turkey): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance2,908 km1,807 mi1,570 nautical miles
LGW → AYT4 h 05 minestimated block time
AYT → LGW4 h 40 minestimated block time
Clock change+3 hAntalya vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LGW) to Antalya (AYT)LGWLondonAYTAntalya
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

LGW → AYT

4 h 05 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 111° (ESE).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Antalya Sat 7 Nov, 17:05 local.

AYT → LGW

4 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 313° (NW).

Leave Antalya Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 11:40 local.

LGW-bound flights are the slower direction by about 35 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 distance2,908 km · 1,807 mi · 1,570 nmi
Initial heading111° (ESE) from LGW; 313° (NW) from AYT
Farthest from the equator51.1°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip15% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

LGWEurope/London — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
AYTEurope/Istanbul — UTC+3 now; UTC+3 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceAntalya is 3 hours ahead of London 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 LGW → AYT. Your body clock has to move 3 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 3 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

LGW London Gatwick AirportLondon, United Kingdom · longest runway 10,883 ft3,317 m AYT Antalya International AirportAntalya, Turkey · longest runway 11,155 ft3,400 m

More routes from LGW and AYT

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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).