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LGW London ⇄ PMI Palma de Mallorca

London Gatwick Airport (United Kingdom) and Palma de Mallorca Airport (Spain): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,309 km814 mi707 nautical miles
LGW → PMI2 h 30 minestimated block time
PMI → LGW2 h 35 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 hPalma de Mallorca vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LGW) to Palma de Mallorca (PMI)LGWLondonPMIPalma de Mallorca
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 → PMI

2 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 169° (S).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Palma de Mallorca Sat 7 Nov, 13:30 local.

PMI → LGW

2 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 351° (N).

Leave Palma de Mallorca Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 11:35 local.

The two directions differ by 3 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 distance1,309 km · 814 mi · 707 nmi
Initial heading169° (S) from LGW; 351° (N) from PMI
Farthest from the equator51.1°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip7% 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
PMIEurope/Madrid — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferencePalma de Mallorca is 1 hour ahead of London today.

Jet lag, flying LGW → PMI. 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 PMI Palma de Mallorca AirportPalma de Mallorca, Spain · longest runway 10,728 ft3,270 m

More routes from LGW and PMI

LGWBCN London – Barcelona 1,109 km689 mi · 2 h 20 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 MADPMI Madrid – Palma de Mallorca 547 km340 mi · 1 h 35 min FRAPMI Frankfurt – Palma de Mallorca 1,251 km777 mi · 2 h 30 min DUSPMI Düsseldorf – Palma de Mallorca 1,342 km834 mi · 2 h 35 min MANPMI Manchester – Palma de Mallorca 1,581 km982 mi · 2 h 50 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).