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MAN Manchester ⇄ TFS Tenerife

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

Distance3,048 km1,894 mi1,646 nautical miles
MAN → TFS4 h 40 minestimated block time
TFS → MAN4 h 25 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hTenerife vs Manchester, today
Great-circle route from Manchester (MAN) to Tenerife (TFS)MANManchesterTFSTenerife
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 → TFS

4 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 208° (SSW).

Leave Manchester Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Tenerife Sat 7 Nov, 14:40 local.

TFS → MAN

4 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 19° (NNE).

Leave Tenerife Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Manchester Sat 7 Nov, 14:25 local.

TFS-bound flights are the slower direction by about 15 minutes in our estimate: the route runs partly 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 distance3,048 km · 1,894 mi · 1,646 nmi
Initial heading208° (SSW) from MAN; 19° (NNE) from TFS
Farthest from the equator53.3°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip15% 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
TFSAtlantic/Canary — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
DifferenceTenerife is on the same clock as Manchester today.

Jet lag, flying MAN → TFS. 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 TFS Tenerife Sur AirportTenerife, Spain · longest runway 10,499 ft3,200 m

More routes from MAN and TFS

LHRMAN London – Manchester 243 km151 mi · 1 h 20 min MANPMI Manchester – Palma de Mallorca 1,581 km982 mi · 2 h 50 min MANFAO Manchester – Faro 1,869 km1,161 mi · 3 h 15 min MANAYT Manchester – Antalya 3,131 km1,945 mi · 4 h 20 min DXBMAN Dubai – Manchester 5,656 km3,515 mi · 8 h MANCUN Manchester – Cancún 7,794 km4,843 mi · 10 h 40 min LGWTFS London – Tenerife 2,913 km1,810 mi · 4 h 30 min

Routes of a similar length

DXBMLE Dubai – Malé 3,040 km1,889 mi · 4 h 25 min DXBIST Dubai – Istanbul 3,030 km1,883 mi · 4 h 45 min JNBMRU Johannesburg – Mauritius 3,066 km1,905 mi · 4 h 20 min YYZPUJ Toronto – Punta Cana 2,984 km1,854 mi · 4 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).