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LHR London ⇄ CPH Copenhagen

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

Distance979 km609 mi529 nautical miles
LHR → CPH2 h 05 minestimated block time
CPH → LHR2 h 15 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 hCopenhagen vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LHR) to Copenhagen (CPH)LHRLondonCPHCopenhagen
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 → CPH

2 h 05 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 57° (ENE).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Copenhagen Sat 7 Nov, 13:05 local.

CPH → LHR

2 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 247° (WSW).

Leave Copenhagen Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 11:15 local.

The two directions differ by 10 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance979 km · 609 mi · 529 nmi
Initial heading57° (ENE) from LHR; 247° (WSW) from CPH
Farthest from the equator55.6°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip5% 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
CPHEurope/Copenhagen — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceCopenhagen is 1 hour ahead of London today.

Jet lag, flying LHR → CPH. 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 CPH Copenhagen Kastrup AirportCopenhagen, Denmark · longest runway 11,811 ft3,600 m

More routes from LHR and CPH

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 CPHOSL Copenhagen – Oslo 517 km321 mi · 1 h 40 min CPHARN Copenhagen – Stockholm 547 km340 mi · 1 h 40 min KEFCPH Reykjavík – Copenhagen 2,144 km1,332 mi · 3 h 25 min JFKCPH New York – Copenhagen 6,189 km3,846 mi · 7 h 40 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).