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LGW London ⇄ JTR Santorini

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

Distance2,610 km1,622 mi1,409 nautical miles
LGW → JTR3 h 50 minestimated block time
JTR → LGW4 h 15 minestimated block time
Clock change+2 hSantorini vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LGW) to Santorini (JTR)LGWLondonJTRSantorini
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 → JTR

3 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 119° (ESE).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Santorini Sat 7 Nov, 15:50 local.

JTR → LGW

4 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 317° (NW).

Leave Santorini Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 12:15 local.

LGW-bound flights are the slower direction by about 30 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 distance2,610 km · 1,622 mi · 1,409 nmi
Initial heading119° (ESE) from LGW; 317° (NW) from JTR
Farthest from the equator51.1°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip13% 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
JTREurope/Athens — UTC+2 now; UTC+2 standard time, UTC+3 during daylight saving time
DifferenceSantorini is 2 hours ahead of London today.

Jet lag, flying LGW → JTR. Your body clock has to move 2 hours 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 JTR Santorini International AirportSantorini, Greece · longest runway 7,208 ft2,197 m

More routes from LGW and JTR

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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).