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LGW London ⇄ BGI Barbados (Bridgetown)

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

Distance6,759 km4,200 mi3,650 nautical miles
LGW → BGI9 h 15 minestimated block time
BGI → LGW8 h 15 minestimated block time
Clock change−4 hBarbados (Bridgetown) vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LGW) to Barbados (Bridgetown) (BGI)LGWLondonBGIBarbados (Bridgetown)
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 → BGI

9 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 254° (WSW).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Barbados (Bridgetown) Sat 7 Nov, 15:15 local.

BGI → LGW

8 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 38° (NE).

Leave Barbados (Bridgetown) Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 22:15 local.

BGI-bound flights are the slower direction by about 60 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 distance6,759 km · 4,200 mi · 3,650 nmi
Initial heading254° (WSW) from LGW; 38° (NE) from BGI
Farthest from the equator51.1°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip34% 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
BGIAmerica/Barbados — UTC−4 now; UTC−4 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceBarbados (Bridgetown) is 4 hours behind London today; −4 h in January and −5 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying LGW → BGI. Your body clock has to move 4 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 4 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

LGW London Gatwick AirportLondon, United Kingdom · longest runway 10,883 ft3,317 m BGI Grantley Adams International AirportBarbados (Bridgetown), Barbados · longest runway 11,000 ft3,353 m

Same cities, other airports

LHRBGI London – Barbados (Bridgetown) 6,751 km4,195 mi · 9 h 15 min

More routes from LGW and BGI

LGWBCN London – Barcelona 1,109 km689 mi · 2 h 20 min LGWPMI London – Palma de Mallorca 1,309 km814 mi · 2 h 30 min LGWDBV London – Dubrovnik 1,690 km1,050 mi · 2 h 50 min LGWJTR London – Santorini 2,610 km1,622 mi · 3 h 50 min LGWTFS London – Tenerife 2,913 km1,810 mi · 4 h 30 min LGWCUN London – Cancún 7,976 km4,956 mi · 10 h 55 min LHRBGI London – Barbados (Bridgetown) 6,751 km4,195 mi · 9 h 15 min

Routes of a similar length

ATLLHR Atlanta – London 6,761 km4,201 mi · 8 h 10 min LHRDEL London – Delhi 6,731 km4,183 mi · 8 h 05 min MSPAMS Minneapolis – Amsterdam 6,685 km4,154 mi · 8 h 10 min AMSNBO Amsterdam – Nairobi 6,677 km4,149 mi · 8 h 25 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).