✈ JFK → LHR
7H 21M IN ECONOMY. PACK MELATONIN. PACK A NECK PILLOW. PACK REGRETS.
Flight from New York to London
From JFK (JFK), USA North America → Heathrow (LHR), United Kingdom Europe
↔ Flying the other way? London → New York
How long is the flight from New York to London?
A nonstop flight from New York (JFK) to London (LHR) takes about 7 hours 21 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 3,442 miles (5,540 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
7h 21m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
3,442 mi
5,540 km · great-circle
Avg speed
754 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
New York timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
London timezone
UTC+1
Europe/London
Time difference
+5h
5 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~5d
Eastward — worse
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 New York
Nearest destinations
- New York → Boston
- New York → Toronto
- New York → Chicago
- New York → Atlanta
- New York → Miami
- New York → Dallas
- New York → Cancun
- New York → Mexico City
- New York → Las Vegas
- New York → Seattle
Long-haul from New York
- New York → Melbourne
- New York → Bali (Denpasar)
- New York → Sydney
- New York → Singapore
- New York → Kuala Lumpur
- New York → Auckland
- New York → Bangkok
- New York → Manila
- New York → Hong Kong
- New York → Johannesburg
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Flights to London
Nearest origins
- Manchester → London
- Paris → London
- Brussels → London
- Amsterdam → London
- Dublin → London
- Edinburgh → London
- Frankfurt → London
- Zurich → London
- Milan → London
- Munich → London
Long-haul to London
- Auckland → London
- Sydney → London
- Melbourne → London
- Bali (Denpasar) → London
- Santiago → London
- Buenos Aires → London
- Singapore → London
- Manila → London
- Kuala Lumpur → London
- Taipei → London