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SVO Moscow ⇄ LED St. Petersburg

Sheremetyevo International Airport (Russia) and Pulkovo Airport (Russia): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance598 km371 mi323 nautical miles
SVO → LED1 h 45 minestimated block time
LED → SVO1 h 40 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hSt. Petersburg vs Moscow, today
Great-circle route from Moscow (SVO) to St. Petersburg (LED)SVOMoscowLEDSt. Petersburg
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

SVO → LED

1 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 318° (NW).

Leave Moscow Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive St. Petersburg Sat 7 Nov, 11:45 local.

LED → SVO

1 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 132° (SE).

Leave St. Petersburg Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Moscow Sat 7 Nov, 11:40 local.

The two directions differ by 4 minutes in our estimate: this route is short, so the wind has little effect on the total. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance598 km · 371 mi · 323 nmi
Initial heading318° (NW) from SVO; 132° (SE) from LED
Farthest from the equator59.8°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip3% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

SVOEurope/Moscow — UTC+3 now; UTC+3 all year (no daylight saving time)
LEDEurope/Moscow — UTC+3 now; UTC+3 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceSt. Petersburg is on the same clock as Moscow today.

Jet lag, flying SVO → LED. 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

SVO Sheremetyevo International AirportMoscow, Russia · longest runway 12,139 ft3,700 m LED Pulkovo AirportSt. Petersburg, Russia · longest runway 12,402 ft3,780 m

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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).