AirportMiles

Hamburg (HAM) – London (LHR)

Flights on GoogleSkyscanner
Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
748 km
464 mi · 404 nm
Flight time
1 h 40 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
1 h
CO2 per passenger
94 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (55 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
581,731
2024 · +6.2%
Flights / week
90
Both directions, average
Seats filled
77%
758,086 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 HAM to LHRHAMLHR
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from HAM
255°
Heading from LHR
67°
Halfway point
52.67, 4.64
Great-circle km
745 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
London is 1 h behind Hamburg

The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: October 2024: 54,632 passengers
020K40K60KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct54.6KNovDec
Show as a table
Month Passengers
Jan 202440,114
Feb 202443,493
Mar 202454,204
Apr 202446,142
May 202447,454
Jun 202442,972
Jul 202452,263
Aug 202450,877
Sep 202448,398
Oct 202454,632
Nov 202448,456
Dec 202452,726
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: November 2024: 420 flights
0200400600JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov420Dec
Show as a table
Month Flights
Jan 2024388
Feb 2024409
Mar 2024419
Apr 2024376
May 2024391
Jun 2024344
Jul 2024378
Aug 2024376
Sep 2024370
Oct 2024409
Nov 2024420
Dec 2024405

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 745 km.

HAM Hamburg → 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 → HAM Hamburg

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 Hamburg and London

LHRLGWSTNLTNLCYSEN
HAM748745686725713670

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

More routes from HAM

Route Distance Passengers / year
HAM → MUC600 km 1,281,162
HAM → FRA413 km 1,083,599
HAM → PMI1,659 km 967,394
HAM → ZRH694 km 585,980
HAM → VIE769 km 557,895
HAM → AYT2,456 km 555,190
HAM → DXB4,889 km 444,412
HAM → IST1,960 km 443,119
HAM → CDG729 km 394,895
HAM → SAW2,023 km 375,867

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

Hamburg (HAM) and London (LHR) are 748 km (464 miles, 404 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.