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LGW London ⇄ DBV Dubrovnik

London Gatwick Airport (United Kingdom) and Dubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (Croatia): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,690 km1,050 mi912 nautical miles
LGW → DBV2 h 50 minestimated block time
DBV → LGW3 h 10 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 hDubrovnik vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LGW) to Dubrovnik (DBV)LGWLondonDBVDubrovnik
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 → DBV

2 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 117° (ESE).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Dubrovnik Sat 7 Nov, 13:50 local.

DBV → LGW

3 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 311° (NW).

Leave Dubrovnik Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 12:10 local.

LGW-bound flights are the slower direction by about 20 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 distance1,690 km · 1,050 mi · 912 nmi
Initial heading117° (ESE) from LGW; 311° (NW) from DBV
Farthest from the equator51.1°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

LGWEurope/London — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
DBVEurope/Zagreb — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceDubrovnik is 1 hour ahead of London today.

Jet lag, flying LGW → DBV. 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 DBV Dubrovnik Ruđer Bošković AirportDubrovnik, Croatia · longest runway 10,597 ft3,230 m

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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).