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MAN Manchester ⇄ FAO Faro

Manchester Airport (United Kingdom) and Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (Portugal): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance1,869 km1,161 mi1,009 nautical miles
MAN → FAO3 h 15 minestimated block time
FAO → MAN3 h 10 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hFaro vs Manchester, today
Great-circle route from Manchester (MAN) to Faro (FAO)MANManchesterFAOFaro
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 → FAO

3 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 196° (SSW).

Leave Manchester Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Faro Sat 7 Nov, 13:15 local.

FAO → MAN

3 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 12° (NNE).

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

The two directions differ by 6 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 distance1,869 km · 1,161 mi · 1,009 nmi
Initial heading196° (SSW) from MAN; 12° (NNE) from FAO
Farthest from the equator53.3°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

MANEurope/London — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
FAOEurope/Lisbon — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
DifferenceFaro is on the same clock as Manchester today.

Jet lag, flying MAN → FAO. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

MAN Manchester AirportManchester, United Kingdom · longest runway 10,007 ft3,050 m FAO Faro - Gago Coutinho International AirportFaro, Portugal · longest runway 8,169 ft2,490 m

More routes from MAN and FAO

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Routes of a similar length

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Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).