Great-circle route LHR → TPA. 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 Tampa is approximately 9h 00m nonstop. The distance is 4,402 miles (7,084 km). There are about 2 nonstop flights from London to Tampa 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 → TPA London Heathrow Airport to Tampa International Airport |
9h 00m | 4,402 mi | 7/wk | Virgin Atlantic Airways |
| LGW → TPA London Gatwick Airport to Tampa International Airport |
9h 02m | 4,419 mi | 7/wk | British 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.
2 airlines fly nonstop from London to Tampa, including British Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A330-300, Boeing 777.
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 Tampa is 4,402 miles, or 7,084 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 4,402 mi |
| Kilometres | 7,084 km |
| Nautical miles | 3,825 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 2 airlines fly it nonstop, with about 14 departures a week, across 2 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 9h 00m in the air on the LHR–TPA nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 4,402-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.
4,402 miles (7,084 km) great-circle between London Heathrow Airport and Tampa International Airport.
British Airways, Virgin Atlantic Airways.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A330-300, Boeing 777. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
LHR to TPA, LGW to TPA. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
