Great-circle route LGW → ALC. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
The flight time from London to Alicante is approximately 2h 21m nonstop. The distance is 889 miles (1,431 km). There are about 19 nonstop flights from London to Alicante per day.
That is a great-circle estimate, not a scheduled block time. An airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
| Route | Est. time | Distance | Frequency | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LGW → ALC London Gatwick Airport to Alicante International Airport |
2h 21m | 889 mi | 65/wk | British Airways, Jet2.com, Ryanair, Vueling Airlines, easyJet |
| LTN → ALC London Luton Airport to Alicante International Airport |
2h 27m | 939 mi | 36/wk | Air Bagan, Jet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet |
| STN → ALC London Stansted Airport to Alicante International Airport |
2h 27m | 941 mi | 35/wk | Jet2.com, Ryanair |
Frequencies come from our most recent schedule sample. Where a pairing shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
6 airlines fly nonstop from London to Alicante, including Air Bagan, British Airways, Jet2.com, Ryanair and 2 more.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A320, Airbus A319, Airbus A321, Boeing 737 and 1 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from London to Alicante is 889 miles, or 1,431 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 889 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,431 km |
| Nautical miles | 773 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 6 airlines fly it nonstop, with about 136 departures a week, across 3 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 21m in the air on the LGW–ALC nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 889-mile distance, not a scheduled block time — an airline's published time will differ by roughly 15 to 45 minutes depending on routing, winds and taxi.
889 miles (1,431 km) great-circle between London Gatwick Airport and Alicante International Airport.
Air Bagan, British Airways, Jet2.com, Ryanair, Vueling Airlines, easyJet.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A320, Airbus A319, Airbus A321, Boeing 737. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
LGW to ALC, LTN to ALC, STN to ALC. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
