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LHR London ⇄ NAS Nassau

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

Distance6,977 km4,335 mi3,767 nautical miles
LHR → NAS9 h 40 minestimated block time
NAS → LHR8 h 20 minestimated block time
Clock change−4 hNassau vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LHR) to Nassau (NAS)LHRLondonNASNassau
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 → NAS

9 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 277° (W).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Nassau Sat 7 Nov, 14:40 local.

NAS → LHR

8 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 43° (NE).

Leave Nassau Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 23:20 local.

NAS-bound flights are the slower direction by about 80 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 distance6,977 km · 4,335 mi · 3,767 nmi
Initial heading277° (W) from LHR; 43° (NE) from NAS
Farthest from the equator51.8°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip35% 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
NASAmerica/Nassau — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
DifferenceNassau is 4 hours behind London today.

Jet lag, flying LHR → NAS. 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 NAS Lynden Pindling International AirportNassau, Bahamas · longest runway 11,353 ft3,460 m

More routes from LHR and NAS

LHRMAN London – Manchester 243 km151 mi · 1 h 20 min LHROSL London – Oslo 1,206 km749 mi · 2 h 20 min LHRTLV London – Tel Aviv 3,589 km2,230 mi · 4 h 50 min LHRANU London – St. John's 6,553 km4,072 mi · 9 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

Routes of a similar length

ORDFRA Chicago – Frankfurt 6,971 km4,331 mi · 8 h 25 min ATLCDG Atlanta – Paris 7,056 km4,385 mi · 8 h 25 min ATLAMS Atlanta – Amsterdam 7,066 km4,390 mi · 8 h 30 min JFKFCO New York – Rome 6,866 km4,267 mi · 8 h 10 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).