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LGW London ⇄ BCN Barcelona

London Gatwick Airport (United Kingdom) and Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (Spain): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,109 km689 mi599 nautical miles
LGW → BCN2 h 20 minestimated block time
BCN → LGW2 h 20 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 hBarcelona vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LGW) to Barcelona (BCN)LGWLondonBCNBarcelona
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 → BCN

2 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 170° (S).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Barcelona Sat 7 Nov, 13:20 local.

BCN → LGW

2 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 352° (N).

Leave Barcelona Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 11:20 local.

The two directions differ by 2 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,109 km · 689 mi · 599 nmi
Initial heading170° (S) from LGW; 352° (N) from BCN
Farthest from the equator51.1°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip6% 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
BCNEurope/Madrid — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceBarcelona is 1 hour ahead of London today.

Jet lag, flying LGW → BCN. 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

LGW London Gatwick AirportLondon, United Kingdom · longest runway 10,883 ft3,317 m BCN Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportBarcelona, Spain · longest runway 11,000 ft3,353 m

Same cities, other airports

LHRBCN London – Barcelona 1,148 km713 mi · 2 h 20 min

More routes from LGW and BCN

LGWPMI London – Palma de Mallorca 1,309 km814 mi · 2 h 30 min LGWFAO London – Faro 1,688 km1,049 mi · 3 h 05 min LGWJTR London – Santorini 2,610 km1,622 mi · 3 h 50 min LGWAYT London – Antalya 2,908 km1,807 mi · 4 h 05 min LGWBGI London – Barbados (Bridgetown) 6,759 km4,200 mi · 9 h 15 min LGWCUN London – Cancún 7,976 km4,956 mi · 10 h 55 min BCNPMI Barcelona – Palma de Mallorca 202 km125 mi · 1 h 15 min MADBCN Madrid – Barcelona 483 km300 mi · 1 h 35 min BCNFCO Barcelona – Rome 848 km527 mi · 1 h 55 min LHRBCN London – Barcelona 1,148 km713 mi · 2 h 20 min AMSBCN Amsterdam – Barcelona 1,241 km771 mi · 2 h 30 min JFKBCN New York – Barcelona 6,150 km3,822 mi · 7 h 25 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).