Great-circle route LHR → LIS. 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 Lisbon is approximately 2h 30m nonstop. The distance is 972 miles (1,564 km). There are about 22 nonstop flights from London to Lisbon 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 → LIS London Heathrow Airport to Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) |
2h 30m | 972 mi | 74/wk | British Airways, TAP Portugal |
| LGW → LIS London Gatwick Airport to Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) |
2h 29m | 958 mi | 32/wk | TAP Portugal, easyJet |
| STN → LIS London Stansted Airport to Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) |
2h 35m | 1,011 mi | 24/wk | Air Afrique, Ryanair |
| LTN → LIS London Luton Airport to Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) |
2h 33m | 998 mi | 21/wk | 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 Lisbon, including Air Afrique, British Airways, Ryanair, TAP Portugal and 1 more.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A320 NEO, Airbus A320 (sharklets), Airbus A319, Airbus A320 and 4 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from London to Lisbon is 972 miles, or 1,564 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 972 mi |
| Kilometres | 1,564 km |
| Nautical miles | 845 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 151 departures a week, across 4 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 2h 30m in the air on the LHR–LIS nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 972-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.
972 miles (1,564 km) great-circle between London Heathrow Airport and Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport).
Air Afrique, British Airways, Ryanair, TAP Portugal, easyJet.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A320 NEO, Airbus A320 (sharklets), Airbus A319, Airbus A320. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
LHR to LIS, LGW to LIS, STN to LIS, LTN to LIS. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
