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LGW London ⇄ TFS Tenerife

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

Distance2,913 km1,810 mi1,573 nautical miles
LGW → TFS4 h 30 minestimated block time
TFS → LGW4 h 15 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hTenerife vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LGW) to Tenerife (TFS)LGWLondonTFSTenerife
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 → TFS

4 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 214° (SW).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Tenerife Sat 7 Nov, 14:30 local.

TFS → LGW

4 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 24° (NNE).

Leave Tenerife Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 14:15 local.

TFS-bound flights are the slower direction by about 20 minutes in our estimate: the route runs partly 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 distance2,913 km · 1,810 mi · 1,573 nmi
Initial heading214° (SW) from LGW; 24° (NNE) from TFS
Farthest from the equator51.1°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip15% 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
TFSAtlantic/Canary — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
DifferenceTenerife is on the same clock as London today.

Jet lag, flying LGW → TFS. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

LGW London Gatwick AirportLondon, United Kingdom · longest runway 10,883 ft3,317 m TFS Tenerife Sur AirportTenerife, Spain · longest runway 10,499 ft3,200 m

More routes from LGW and TFS

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 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 MANTFS Manchester – Tenerife 3,048 km1,894 mi · 4 h 40 min

Routes of a similar length

JNBNBO Johannesburg – Nairobi 2,912 km1,810 mi · 4 h 20 min HKGNRT Hong Kong – Tokyo 2,962 km1,841 mi · 4 h 10 min SFOORD San Francisco – Chicago 2,964 km1,842 mi · 4 h 05 min YULCUN Montreal – Cancún 2,969 km1,845 mi · 4 h 35 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).