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Barcelona (BCN) – London (LHR)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
1,147 km
713 mi · 620 nm
Flight time
2 h 10 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
1 h
CO2 per passenger
144 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (85 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
981,945
2024 · +30.5%
Flights / week
131
Both directions, average
Seats filled
80%
1,221,102 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
—
Not named in this source

Traffic: Eurostat (avia_par_es), reported by the airport in Spain, 2024. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources

Great circle from BCN to LHRBCNLHR
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from BCN
351°
Heading from LHR
169°
Halfway point
46.39, 0.93
Great-circle km
1,148 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
London is 1 h behind Barcelona

The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: August 2024: 94,461 passengers
050K100KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug94.5KSepOctNovDec
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Month Passengers
Jan 202457,948
Feb 202464,607
Mar 202477,440
Apr 202482,805
May 202488,275
Jun 202486,368
Jul 202491,562
Aug 202494,461
Sep 202485,953
Oct 202492,626
Nov 202485,103
Dec 202474,797
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: October 2024: 624 flights
05001KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct624NovDec
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Month Flights
Jan 2024471
Feb 2024491
Mar 2024522
Apr 2024589
May 2024616
Jun 2024579
Jul 2024594
Aug 2024594
Sep 2024579
Oct 2024624
Nov 2024598
Dec 2024570

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 1,148 km.

BCN Barcelona → LHR London

EU261€250 for arriving 3 hours or more late.

Covers any airline.

UK261£220 for arriving 3 hours or more late.

Covers UK or EU airlines only.

LHR London → BCN Barcelona

EU261€250 for arriving 3 hours or more late.

Covers EU, EEA or Swiss airlines only.

UK261£220 for arriving 3 hours or more late.

Covers any airline.

Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.

Every airport pair between Barcelona and London

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BCN1,1471,1091,1851,1911,1451,147

Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All London airports

More routes from BCN

Route Distance Passengers / year
BCN → PMI202 km 2,323,085
BCN → MAD484 km 2,036,488
BCN → FCO850 km 1,706,636
BCN → AMS1,241 km 1,559,616
BCN → LGW1,109 km 1,353,516
BCN → LIS996 km 1,305,408
BCN → CDG858 km 1,291,815
BCN → MXP722 km 1,279,578
BCN → IBZ276 km 1,259,182
BCN → ORY826 km 1,129,008

More routes from LHR

Route Distance Passengers / year
LHR → JFK5,555 km 2,984,474
LHR → DUB450 km 1,903,141
LHR → MAD1,243 km 1,550,044
LHR → AMS371 km 1,460,366
LHR → FRA656 km 1,410,787
LHR → LAX8,781 km 1,410,748
LHR → MUC944 km 1,304,262
LHR → IST2,493 km 1,281,925
LHR → ZRH790 km 1,147,298
LHR → CDG348 km 1,121,802

Questions

Barcelona (BCN) and London (LHR) are 1,147 km (713 miles, 620 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.