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LHR London ⇄ GVA Geneva

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

Distance754 km469 mi407 nautical miles
LHR → GVA1 h 50 minestimated block time
GVA → LHR2 hestimated block time
Clock change+1 hGeneva vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LHR) to Geneva (GVA)LHRLondonGVAGeneva
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 → GVA

1 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 138° (SE).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Geneva Sat 7 Nov, 12:50 local.

GVA → LHR

2 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 323° (NW).

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

The two directions differ by 6 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance754 km · 469 mi · 407 nmi
Initial heading138° (SE) from LHR; 323° (NW) from GVA
Farthest from the equator51.5°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip4% 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
GVAEurope/Zurich — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceGeneva is 1 hour ahead of London today.

Jet lag, flying LHR → GVA. 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 GVA Geneva International AirportGeneva, Switzerland · longest runway 12,795 ft3,900 m

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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).