✈ LHR → BOS
6H 59M FLIGHT. TWO MOVIES, NO SLEEP, ONE EXISTENTIAL CRISIS.
Flight from London to Boston
From Heathrow (LHR), United Kingdom Europe → Logan (BOS), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Boston → London
How long is the flight from London to Boston?
A nonstop flight from London (LHR) to Boston (BOS) takes about 6 hours 59 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 3,256 miles (5,240 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
6h 59m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
3,256 mi
5,240 km · great-circle
Avg speed
750 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
London timezone
UTC+1
Europe/London
Boston timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
Time difference
-5h
5 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~3.5d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from London
Nearest destinations
- London → Manchester
- London → Paris
- London → Brussels
- London → Amsterdam
- London → Dublin
- London → Edinburgh
- London → Frankfurt
- London → Zurich
- London → Milan
- London → Munich
Long-haul from London
- London → Auckland
- London → Sydney
- London → Melbourne
- London → Bali (Denpasar)
- London → Santiago
- London → Buenos Aires
- London → Singapore
- London → Manila
- London → Kuala Lumpur
- London → Taipei
More flights to North America
Flights to Boston
Nearest origins
- New York → Boston
- Toronto → Boston
- Chicago → Boston
- Atlanta → Boston
- Miami → Boston
- Dallas → Boston
- Cancun → Boston
- Mexico City → Boston
- Las Vegas → Boston
- Seattle → Boston
Long-haul to Boston
- Melbourne → Boston
- Sydney → Boston
- Bali (Denpasar) → Boston
- Singapore → Boston
- Kuala Lumpur → Boston
- Auckland → Boston
- Bangkok → Boston
- Manila → Boston
- Hong Kong → Boston
- Johannesburg → Boston