London (LHR) – Vienna (VIE)

Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
1,279 km
794 mi · 690 nm
Flight time
2 h 20 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
1 h
CO2 per passenger
160 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (95 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
803,962
2024 · +12.0%
Flights / week
121
Both directions, average
Seats filled
78%
1,025,286 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
—
Not named in this source

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

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

The way there

Heading from LHR
100°
Heading from VIE
293°
Halfway point
50.10, 8.35
Great-circle km
1,275 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Vienna is 1 h ahead of London

The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: July 2024: 79,333 passengers
050K100KJanFebMarAprMayJunJul79.3KAugSepOctNovDec
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Month Passengers
Jan 202445,746
Feb 202450,710
Mar 202463,109
Apr 202465,644
May 202469,312
Jun 202471,749
Jul 202479,333
Aug 202476,563
Sep 202470,068
Oct 202468,531
Nov 202465,939
Dec 202477,258
Flights per month, both directions (2024)Busiest: November 2024: 571 flights
0200400600JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov571Dec
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Month Flights
Jan 2024478
Feb 2024490
Mar 2024554
Apr 2024506
May 2024534
Jun 2024510
Jul 2024528
Aug 2024516
Sep 2024494
Oct 2024540
Nov 2024571
Dec 2024567

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 1,275 km.

LHR London → VIE Vienna

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.

VIE Vienna → 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 Vienna

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 VIE

Route Distance Passengers / year
VIE → FRA623 km 1,031,037
VIE → AMS962 km 779,610
VIE → ZRH605 km 750,117
VIE → BCN1,372 km 745,546
VIE → CDG1,038 km 719,563
VIE → BER521 km 694,265
VIE → FCO779 km 614,833
VIE → CPH877 km 566,674
VIE → HAM769 km 557,895
VIE → ATH1,279 km 549,170

Questions

London (LHR) and Vienna (VIE) are 1,279 km (794 miles, 690 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.