Great-circle route LHR → BOS. 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 Boston is approximately 6h 50m nonstop. The distance is 3,256 miles (5,240 km). There are about 10 nonstop flights from London to Boston 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LHR → BOS London Heathrow Airport to General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport |
6h 50m | 3,256 mi | 61/wk | American Airlines, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways |
| LGW → BOS London Gatwick Airport to General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport |
6h 52m | 3,274 mi | 7/wk | JetBlue Airways |
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.
5 airlines fly nonstop from London to Boston, including American Airlines, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways and 1 more.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A321 NEO, Airbus A330-900 NEO, Boeing 777-200 / 200ER Passenger, Airbus A330-900 and 4 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
On a long east–west route like this one the two directions do not take the same time. Aircraft flying eastbound ride the mid-latitude jet stream and typically arrive earlier than the westbound leg, which flies into it. The difference is commonly 30 to 90 minutes on transatlantic and transpacific flights, and it varies by season. The estimate above does not model wind — treat it as a midpoint and check the airline's own timetable for the block time on your date.
The distance from London to Boston is 3,256 miles, or 5,240 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 3,256 mi |
| Kilometres | 5,240 km |
| Nautical miles | 2,829 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 5 airlines fly it nonstop, with about 68 departures a week, across 2 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 6h 50m in the air on the LHR–BOS nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 3,256-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.
3,256 miles (5,240 km) great-circle between London Heathrow Airport and General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport.
American Airlines, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A321 NEO, Airbus A330-900 NEO, Boeing 777-200 / 200ER Passenger, Airbus A330-900. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
LHR to BOS, LGW to BOS. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
