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LHR London ⇄ HEL Helsinki

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

Distance1,848 km1,148 mi998 nautical miles
LHR → HEL3 hestimated block time
HEL → LHR3 h 15 minestimated block time
Clock change+2 hHelsinki vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LHR) to Helsinki (HEL)LHRLondonHELHelsinki
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 → HEL

3 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 48° (NE).

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

HEL → LHR

3 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 249° (WSW).

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

The two directions differ by 15 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,848 km · 1,148 mi · 998 nmi
Initial heading48° (NE) from LHR; 249° (WSW) from HEL
Farthest from the equator60.3°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip9% 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
HELEurope/Helsinki — UTC+2 now; UTC+2 standard time, UTC+3 during daylight saving time
DifferenceHelsinki is 2 hours ahead of London today.

Jet lag, flying LHR → HEL. Your body clock has to move 2 hours 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 HEL Helsinki Vantaa AirportHelsinki, Finland · longest runway 11,483 ft3,500 m

More routes from LHR and HEL

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 HELARN Helsinki – Stockholm 398 km247 mi · 1 h 30 min HELHND Helsinki – Tokyo 7,825 km4,862 mi · 9 h 35 min HELSIN Helsinki – Singapore 9,275 km5,763 mi · 11 h 05 min

Routes of a similar length

FRAIST Frankfurt – Istanbul 1,837 km1,141 mi · 3 h MIAPTY Miami – Panama City 1,862 km1,157 mi · 3 h 10 min MANFAO Manchester – Faro 1,869 km1,161 mi · 3 h 15 min PEKCAN Beijing – Guangzhou 1,881 km1,169 mi · 3 h 15 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).