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London (LHR) – Nice (NCE)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
1,042 km
647 mi · 563 nm
Flight time
2 h
Estimate from distance
Time difference
1 h
CO2 per passenger
131 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (77 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
684,043
2024 · +8.9%
Flights / week
99
Both directions, average
Seats filled
76%
895,297 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
—
Not named in this source

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

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

The way there

Heading from LHR
143°
Heading from NCE
329°
Halfway point
47.63, 3.66
Great-circle km
1,041 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Nice is 1 h ahead of London

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

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: August 2024: 74,821 passengers
050K100KJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug74.8KSepOctNovDec
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Month Passengers
Jan 202440,080
Feb 202441,411
Mar 202450,398
Apr 202451,874
May 202464,668
Jun 202467,085
Jul 202471,980
Aug 202474,821
Sep 202463,513
Oct 202456,117
Nov 202449,388
Dec 202452,708
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: August 2024: 498 flights
0200400600JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug498SepOctNovDec
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Month Flights
Jan 2024330
Feb 2024350
Mar 2024403
Apr 2024420
May 2024487
Jun 2024477
Jul 2024485
Aug 2024498
Sep 2024450
Oct 2024453
Nov 2024383
Dec 2024405

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 1,041 km.

LHR London → NCE Nice

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.

NCE Nice → 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.

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 London and Nice

NCE
LHR1,042
LGW1,002
STN1,053
LTN1,075
LCY1,024
SEN1,006

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

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

More routes from NCE

Route Distance Passengers / year
NCE → ORY677 km 1,596,967
NCE → CDG694 km 1,106,876
NCE → LGW1,002 km 516,896
NCE → FCO461 km 484,656
NCE → AMS979 km 453,688
NCE → GVA300 km 451,941
NCE → BCN497 km 372,128
NCE → LIL829 km 335,113
NCE → CPH1,386 km 316,642
NCE → BRU831 km 286,469

Questions

London (LHR) and Nice (NCE) are 1,042 km (647 miles, 563 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.