Great-circle route LGW → HER. 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 Heraklion is approximately 3h 49m nonstop. The distance is 1,665 miles (2,680 km). There are about 8 nonstop flights from London to Heraklion 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 → HER London Gatwick Airport to Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport |
3h 49m | 1,665 mi | 33/wk | British Airways, Jet2.com, Skywest Australia, easyJet |
| STN → HER London Stansted Airport to Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport |
3h 51m | 1,677 mi | 12/wk | Jet2.com, Thomsonfly |
| LHR → HER London Heathrow Airport to Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport |
3h 52m | 1,687 mi | 9/wk | British Airways |
| LTN → HER London Luton Airport to Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport |
3h 53m | 1,698 mi | 5/wk | Jet2.com, easyJet |
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 Heraklion, including British Airways, Jet2.com, Skywest Australia, Thomsonfly and 1 more.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A320, Airbus A321, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737 and 2 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 Heraklion is 1,665 miles, or 2,680 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 1,665 mi |
| Kilometres | 2,680 km |
| Nautical miles | 1,447 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 59 departures a week, across 4 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 3h 49m in the air on the LGW–HER nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 1,665-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.
1,665 miles (2,680 km) great-circle between London Gatwick Airport and Heraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis Airport.
British Airways, Jet2.com, Skywest Australia, Thomsonfly, easyJet.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A320, Airbus A321, Boeing 737-800, Boeing 737. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
LGW to HER, STN to HER, LHR to HER, LTN to HER. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
