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LHR London ⇄ SEZ Mahé

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

Distance8,176 km5,080 mi4,415 nautical miles
LHR → SEZ10 hestimated block time
SEZ → LHR10 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change+4 hMahé vs London, today
Great-circle route from London (LHR) to Mahé (SEZ)LHRLondonSEZMahé
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 → SEZ

10 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 121° (ESE).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Mahé Sun 8 Nov, 00:00 local +1 day.

SEZ → LHR

10 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 327° (NNW).

Leave Mahé Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 16:45 local.

LHR-bound flights are the slower direction by about 45 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 distance8,176 km · 5,080 mi · 4,415 nmi
Initial heading121° (ESE) from LHR; 327° (NNW) from SEZ
Farthest from the equator51.5°N
Crossesthe equator
Share of the longest possible trip41% 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
SEZIndian/Mahe — UTC+4 now; UTC+4 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceMahé is 4 hours ahead of London today; +4 h in January and +3 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying LHR → SEZ. Your body clock has to move 4 hours earlier, like an eastward 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 earlier (as here) is usually the harder direction; morning 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 SEZ Seychelles International AirportMahé, Seychelles · longest runway 9,800 ft2,987 m

More routes from LHR and SEZ

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 LHRPEK London – Beijing 8,154 km5,067 mi · 9 h 50 min LHRSYD London – Sydney 17,021 km10,576 mi · 19 h 30 min

Routes of a similar length

HNLSYD Honolulu – Sydney 8,170 km5,077 mi · 10 h 35 min SFODUB San Francisco – Dublin 8,183 km5,085 mi · 9 h 55 min CDGPEK Paris – Beijing 8,190 km5,089 mi · 9 h 50 min MELHND Melbourne – Tokyo 8,158 km5,069 mi · 10 h 20 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).