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MAN Manchester ⇄ ALC Alicante

Manchester Airport (United Kingdom) and Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (Spain): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,681 km1,044 mi907 nautical miles
MAN → ALC2 h 55 minestimated block time
ALC → MAN3 hestimated block time
Clock change+1 hAlicante vs Manchester, today
Great-circle route from Manchester (MAN) to Alicante (ALC)MANManchesterALCAlicante
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

MAN → ALC

2 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 175° (S).

Leave Manchester Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Alicante Sat 7 Nov, 13:55 local.

ALC → MAN

3 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 356° (N).

Leave Alicante Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Manchester Sat 7 Nov, 12:00 local.

The two directions differ by 2 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,681 km · 1,044 mi · 907 nmi
Initial heading175° (S) from MAN; 356° (N) from ALC
Farthest from the equator53.3°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip8% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

MANEurope/London — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
ALCEurope/Madrid — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceAlicante is 1 hour ahead of Manchester today.

Jet lag, flying MAN → ALC. 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

MAN Manchester AirportManchester, United Kingdom · longest runway 10,007 ft3,050 m ALC Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportAlicante, Spain · longest runway 9,842 ft3,000 m

More routes from MAN and ALC

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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).