Great-circle route LHR → ZRH. 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 Zurich is approximately 1h 36m nonstop. The distance is 490 miles (789 km). There are about 15 nonstop flights from London to Zurich 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 → ZRH London Heathrow Airport to Zürich Airport |
1h 36m | 490 mi | 75/wk | British Airways, Swiss International Air Lines |
| LGW → ZRH London Gatwick Airport to Zürich Airport |
1h 33m | 468 mi | 24/wk | Swiss International Air Lines, easyJet |
| LTN → ZRH London Luton Airport to Zürich Airport |
1h 37m | 501 mi | 4/wk | easyJet |
| LCY → ZRH London City Airport to Zürich Airport |
1h 34m | 472 mi | — | British Airways, DigaJet, SWISS |
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 Zurich, including British Airways, DigaJet, SWISS, Swiss International Air Lines and 1 more.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Airbus A220-300, Airbus A321 NEO, Airbus A319, Airbus A320 NEO and 2 other types.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance from London to Zurich is 490 miles, or 789 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 490 mi |
| Kilometres | 789 km |
| Nautical miles | 426 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 103 departures a week, across 4 airport pairings. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 1h 36m in the air on the LHR–ZRH nonstop. That is a great-circle estimate from the 490-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.
490 miles (789 km) great-circle between London Heathrow Airport and Zürich Airport.
British Airways, DigaJet, SWISS, Swiss International Air Lines, easyJet.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Airbus A220-300, Airbus A321 NEO, Airbus A319, Airbus A320 NEO. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
LHR to ZRH, LGW to ZRH, LTN to ZRH, LCY to ZRH. Flight times differ slightly between them because the airports are not in the same place.
