✈ LHR → KUL

13H 23M, 6,590 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
13h 23m
Distance
6,590 mi
Or
10,605 km
Jet lag
7h

Flight from London to Kuala Lumpur

From Heathrow (LHR), United Kingdom Europe  →  KLIA (KUL), Malaysia Asia

How long is the flight from London to Kuala Lumpur?

A nonstop flight from London (LHR) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL) takes about 13 hours 23 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,590 miles (10,605 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

13h 23m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

6,590 mi

10,605 km · great-circle

Avg speed

793 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

London timezone

UTC+1

Europe/London

Kuala Lumpur timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Kuala_Lumpur

Time difference

+7h

7 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~7d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1570 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1813 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 435 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.