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LHR London ⇄ AMS Amsterdam

London Heathrow Airport (United Kingdom) and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Netherlands): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance370 km230 mi200 nautical miles
LHR → AMS1 h 25 minestimated block time
AMS → LHR1 h 30 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 hAmsterdam vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LHR) to Amsterdam (AMS)LHRLondonAMSAmsterdam
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

LHR → AMS

1 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 73° (ENE).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Amsterdam Sat 7 Nov, 12:25 local.

AMS → LHR

1 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 257° (WSW).

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

The two directions differ by 4 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance370 km · 230 mi · 200 nmi
Initial heading73° (ENE) from LHR; 257° (WSW) from AMS
Farthest from the equator52.3°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip2% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

LHREurope/London — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
AMSEurope/Amsterdam — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceAmsterdam is 1 hour ahead of London today.

Jet lag, flying LHR → AMS. 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

LHR London Heathrow AirportLondon, United Kingdom · longest runway 12,799 ft3,901 m AMS Amsterdam Airport SchipholAmsterdam, Netherlands · longest runway 12,467 ft3,800 m

More routes from LHR and AMS

LHRMAN London – Manchester 243 km151 mi · 1 h 20 min LHRMAD London – Madrid 1,244 km773 mi · 2 h 30 min AMMLHR Amman – London 3,683 km2,288 mi · 5 h 35 min LHRDEL London – Delhi 6,731 km4,183 mi · 8 h 05 min LHRSEZ London – Mahé 8,176 km5,080 mi · 10 h LHRSYD London – Sydney 17,021 km10,576 mi · 19 h 30 min CDGAMS Paris – Amsterdam 399 km248 mi · 1 h 30 min AMSFCO Amsterdam – Rome 1,297 km806 mi · 2 h 30 min JFKAMS New York – Amsterdam 5,848 km3,634 mi · 7 h 10 min AMSNBO Amsterdam – Nairobi 6,677 km4,149 mi · 8 h 25 min SEAAMS Seattle – Amsterdam 7,840 km4,872 mi · 9 h 40 min AMSSIN Amsterdam – Singapore 10,514 km6,533 mi · 12 h 20 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).