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MIA Miami ⇄ LHR London

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

Distance7,109 km4,417 mi3,838 nautical miles
MIA → LHR8 h 30 minestimated block time
LHR → MIA9 h 50 minestimated block time
Clock change+4 hLondon vs Miami, today
Great-circle route from Miami (MIA) to London (LHR)MIAMiamiLHRLondon
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

MIA → LHR

8 h 30 min

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

Leave Miami Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive London Sat 7 Nov, 23:30 local.

LHR → MIA

9 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 279° (W).

Leave London Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Miami Sat 7 Nov, 14:50 local.

MIA-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 distance7,109 km · 4,417 mi · 3,838 nmi
Initial heading43° (NE) from MIA; 279° (W) from LHR
Farthest from the equator52.1°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip36% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

MIAAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
LHREurope/London — UTC+0 now; UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
DifferenceLondon is 4 hours ahead of Miami today.

Jet lag, flying MIA → LHR. 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

MIA Miami International AirportMiami, United States · longest runway 13,016 ft3,967 m LHR London Heathrow AirportLondon, United Kingdom · longest runway 12,799 ft3,901 m

More routes from MIA and LHR

MIACUN Miami – Cancún 855 km531 mi · 2 h 05 min JFKMIA New York – Miami 1,757 km1,092 mi · 3 h 05 min MIAPTY Miami – Panama City 1,862 km1,157 mi · 3 h 10 min LAXMIA Los Angeles – Miami 3,763 km2,338 mi · 5 h MIASCL Miami – Santiago 6,658 km4,137 mi · 8 h 35 min MIACDG Miami – Paris 7,372 km4,580 mi · 8 h 45 min 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

HNLAKL Honolulu – Auckland 7,089 km4,405 mi · 9 h 15 min ATLAMS Atlanta – Amsterdam 7,066 km4,390 mi · 8 h 30 min ATLCDG Atlanta – Paris 7,056 km4,385 mi · 8 h 25 min ORDMUC Chicago – Munich 7,270 km4,517 mi · 8 h 45 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).