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LHR London ⇄ ANU St. John's

London Heathrow Airport (United Kingdom) and V. C. Bird International Airport (Antigua and Barbuda): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance6,553 km4,072 mi3,538 nautical miles
LHR → ANU9 h 05 minestimated block time
ANU → LHR8 hestimated block time
Clock change−4 hSt. John's vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LHR) to St. John's (ANU)LHRLondonANUSt. John's
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 → ANU

9 h 05 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 258° (WSW).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive St. John's Sat 7 Nov, 15:05 local.

ANU → LHR

8 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 40° (NE).

Leave St. John's Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 22:00 local.

ANU-bound flights are the slower direction by about 65 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 distance6,553 km · 4,072 mi · 3,538 nmi
Initial heading258° (WSW) from LHR; 40° (NE) from ANU
Farthest from the equator51.5°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip33% 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
ANUAmerica/Antigua — UTC−4 now; UTC−4 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceSt. John's is 4 hours behind London today; −4 h in January and −5 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying LHR → ANU. Your body clock has to move 4 hours later, like a westward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 4 days to fully adjust. Shifting later (as here) is usually the easier direction; evening daylight at the destination helps. 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 ANU V. C. Bird International AirportSt. John's, Antigua and Barbuda · longest runway 9,003 ft2,744 m

More routes from LHR and ANU

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Routes of a similar length

IADFRA Washington – Frankfurt 6,550 km4,070 mi · 7 h 55 min CDGDEL Paris – Delhi 6,565 km4,080 mi · 7 h 55 min MIAGRU Miami – São Paulo 6,574 km4,085 mi · 8 h 25 min SYDKUL Sydney – Kuala Lumpur 6,585 km4,092 mi · 8 h 50 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).