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Cologne (CGN) – London (LHR)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
536 km
333 mi · 289 nm
Flight time
1 h 25 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
1 h
CO2 per passenger
67 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (40 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
313,521
2024 · +60.2%
Flights / week
57
Both directions, average
Seats filled
65%
478,949 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
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Not named in this source

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

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

The way there

Heading from CGN
280°
Heading from LHR
94°
Halfway point
51.23, 3.37
Great-circle km
534 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
London is 1 h behind Cologne

The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 25 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: August 2024: 32,004 passengers
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Month Passengers
Jan 202416,710
Feb 202418,047
Mar 202425,083
Apr 202425,635
May 202427,756
Jun 202427,462
Jul 202431,850
Aug 202432,004
Sep 202426,191
Oct 202429,609
Nov 202423,096
Dec 202430,078
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: October 2024: 261 flights
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Month Flights
Jan 2024212
Feb 2024239
Mar 2024252
Apr 2024249
May 2024254
Jun 2024240
Jul 2024248
Aug 2024260
Sep 2024240
Oct 2024261
Nov 2024235
Dec 2024250

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 534 km.

CGN Cologne → 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 → CGN Cologne

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 Cologne and London

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

More routes from CGN

Route Distance Passengers / year
CGN → AYT2,435 km 1,020,319
CGN → PMI1,304 km 970,977
CGN → SAW2,034 km 675,452
CGN → MUC437 km 495,205
CGN → VIE748 km 391,057
CGN → STN494 km 330,032
CGN → BCN1,133 km 293,519
CGN → BER471 km 251,698
CGN → IST1,970 km 236,426
CGN → ADB2,104 km 229,714

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

Cologne (CGN) and London (LHR) are 536 km (333 miles, 289 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.