Great-circle route GLA ↔ LCY. Faint dots are other airports, for geographic context. Download this map — free to reuse with a link back to this page.
Frequencies below are per direction, from our most recent schedule sample.
| Direction | Frequency | Days | Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLA → LCY Glasgow to London |
2/wk | Fri | British Airways |
| LCY → GLA London to Glasgow |
— | — | British Airways |
Where a direction shows “—” we track it as an operating nonstop but hold no schedule sample for it — we would rather show nothing than guess.
British Airways is the only airline flying the GLA–LCY nonstop.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Embraer 190.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Glasgow International Airport and London City Airport is 353 miles, or 568 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 353 mi |
| Kilometres | 568 km |
| Nautical miles | 307 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. British Airways flies the route nonstop, with about 2 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-29.
About 1h 20m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 353-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.
British Airways.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Embraer 190. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
