AirportsNew York

New York to London

πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈJFKπŸ‡¬πŸ‡§LHRJohn F. Kennedy International Airport to London Heathrow AirportUnited States to United Kingdom
Distance
5,540 km
3,442 miles
Frequency
About 21 a day
S26 schedule
Airlines
6
British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Delta Air Lines, codeshares included
Typical delay
29 min
98 departures

The route

Great circle, 5,540 km
JFKLHR5,540 km
5,540 km (3,442 miles) great-circle, measured between the two airports' published coordinates. The line is the shortest path over the globe, which on a flat map bows away from a straight line.

How delayed is this route?

Measured over months

Departures from John F. Kennedy International Airport on this route are typically 29 minutes late (likely 25 to 34), across 98 departures we tracked between 2026-03-13 and 2026-08-22.

median delay of tracked departures on this leg. Flight Owl's own resolved departure predictions (flights our users tracked), not a census of all flights at the airport.

Airlines on this route

6 airlines with a flight number here

Every airline that puts its own flight number on this route. On a busy pair most of them are codeshare partners selling seats on another airline's aircraft, so this is wider than the list of airlines that actually operate it.

Flights on this route

1 of 37 flight numbers tracked often enough to describe
FlightAirlineDepartsAircraftDepartures seen
AA 100American Airlines18:10B78964

Departure times are local to John F. Kennedy International Airport. A flight appears here once we have tracked it at least 10 times.

Both airports

How these numbers are measured