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LHR London ⇄ FCO Rome

London Heathrow Airport (United Kingdom) and Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (Italy): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,444 km897 mi780 nautical miles
LHR → FCO2 h 35 minestimated block time
FCO → LHR2 h 50 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 hRome vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LHR) to Rome (FCO)LHRLondonFCORome
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 → FCO

2 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 133° (SE).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Rome Sat 7 Nov, 13:35 local.

FCO → LHR

2 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 322° (NW).

Leave Rome Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 11:50 local.

The two directions differ by 13 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,444 km · 897 mi · 780 nmi
Initial heading133° (SE) from LHR; 322° (NW) from FCO
Farthest from the equator51.5°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

LHREurope/London — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
FCOEurope/Rome — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceRome is 1 hour ahead of London today.

Jet lag, flying LHR → FCO. 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 FCO Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportRome, Italy · longest runway 12,801 ft3,902 m

More routes from LHR and FCO

LHRMAN London – Manchester 243 km151 mi · 1 h 20 min LHROSL London – Oslo 1,206 km749 mi · 2 h 20 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 FCOLIN Rome – Milan 470 km292 mi · 1 h 35 min BCNFCO Barcelona – Rome 848 km527 mi · 1 h 55 min FCOATH Rome – Athens 1,085 km674 mi · 2 h 10 min AMSFCO Amsterdam – Rome 1,297 km806 mi · 2 h 30 min MADFCO Madrid – Rome 1,331 km827 mi · 2 h 25 min EZEFCO Buenos Aires – Rome 11,156 km6,932 mi · 13 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).