Great-circle route ZRH ↔ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ZRH → LCY Zurich to London |
25/wk | Daily | British Airways, Swiss International Air Lines |
| LCY → ZRH London to Zurich |
— | — | British Airways, DigaJet, SWISS |
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.
4 airlines fly the ZRH–LCY nonstop, including British Airways, DigaJet, SWISS, Swiss International Air Lines.
Recent scheduled departures on this route have used the Embraer Erj-195 E2, Embraer Erj-190 E2, Embraer Erj-190-100, Airbus A220-100.
Aircraft assignments change by season and by time of day.
The distance between Zürich Airport and London City Airport is 472 miles, or 760 kilometres.
| Great-circle distance | 472 mi |
| Kilometres | 760 km |
| Nautical miles | 410 nmi |
Measured airport to airport. The actual track is longer — aircraft follow airways, avoid restricted airspace and route around weather.
Yes. 4 airlines fly the route nonstop, with about 25 departures a week across both directions. The route is in our live nonstop dataset, last seeded 2026-07-07.
About 1h 34m in the air. That is a great-circle estimate from the 472-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, DigaJet, SWISS, Swiss International Air Lines.
Recent scheduled departures have used the Embraer Erj-195 E2, Embraer Erj-190 E2, Embraer Erj-190-100, Airbus A220-100. Assignments change by season and by time of day.
