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Frankfurt (FRA) – London (LHR)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
656 km
408 mi · 354 nm
Flight time
1 h 35 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
1 h
CO2 per passenger
82 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (49 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
1,410,787
2024 · +6.4%
Flights / week
209
Both directions, average
Seats filled
77%
1,842,548 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
—
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 FRA to LHRFRALHR
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from FRA
288°
Heading from LHR
101°
Halfway point
50.84, 4.12
Great-circle km
654 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
London is 1 h behind Frankfurt

The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: August 2024: 148,211 passengers
050K100K150KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug148.2KSepOctNovDec
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Month Passengers
Jan 202491,675
Feb 202482,040
Mar 2024103,799
Apr 2024117,004
May 2024110,225
Jun 2024121,148
Jul 2024144,199
Aug 2024148,211
Sep 2024128,324
Oct 2024127,854
Nov 2024105,161
Dec 2024131,147
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: August 2024: 958 flights
05001KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug958SepOctNovDec
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Month Flights
Jan 2024842
Feb 2024882
Mar 2024909
Apr 2024908
May 2024866
Jun 2024836
Jul 2024937
Aug 2024958
Sep 2024935
Oct 2024915
Nov 2024941
Dec 2024925

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 654 km.

FRA Frankfurt → 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 → FRA Frankfurt

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 Frankfurt and London

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

More routes from FRA

Route Distance Passengers / year
FRA → BER432 km 1,166,945
FRA → HAM413 km 1,083,599
FRA → VIE623 km 1,031,037
FRA → MUC300 km 1,012,334
FRA → PMI1,251 km 950,350
FRA → DXB4,849 km 940,081
FRA → MAD1,421 km 905,304
FRA → IST1,840 km 842,741
FRA → BCN1,093 km 808,807
FRA → JFK6,206 km 749,554

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 → 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
LHR → LIS1,564 km 1,121,519

Questions

Frankfurt (FRA) and London (LHR) are 656 km (408 miles, 354 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.