New York to London flight

Flights from New York to London start at €403.70 and take 10h 48m at their fastest.

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The Flights from New York to London starts at €403.70 and takes 10h 48m door to door, run by 10 operators over 5,737 km, with around 80 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 10h 48mDoor to door
  • 7h 38mMoving
  • €526.42 to €951.81From
  • 06:06 to 20:42First and last departure
  • 80Per day
  • 1680.9 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€526.42 to €951.81 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €951.81Mon21
  2. about €802.54Tue22
  3. about €858.59Wed23
  4. about €881.01Thu24
  5. about €822.01Fri25
  6. about €837.35Sat26
  7. about €774.81Sun27
  8. about €535.86Mon28
  9. about €526.42Tue29
  10. about €562.41Wed30
  11. about €652.09Thu1
  12. about €606.07Fri2
  13. about €618.46Sat3
  14. about €574.21Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026

Cheapest€403.70
  1. Norwegian Air Shuttle NA978816:148h 22m05:36John F. Kennedy International Airport JFKLondon Heathrow Airport LHR

Door to door 11h 32mCO2 1680.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€413.14
  1. American Airlines AA335008:437h 38m21:21John F. Kennedy International Airport JFKLondon Heathrow Airport LHR

Door to door 10h 48mCO2 1680.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
American Airlines€410.1910h 47m
Finnair€442.6410h 46m
JetBlue Airways€417.8610h 46m
British Airways€424.9410h 46m
Delta Air Lines€406.6510h 47m
Norwegian Air Shuttle€403.7010h 46m
Norse Atlantic Airways€412.5510h 46m
United Airlines€423.7610h 46m
Virgin Atlantic Airways€426.7110h 46m
Norse Atlantic Airways UK€421.9910h 47m
  • American Airlines
  • Finnair
  • JetBlue Airways
  • British Airways
  • Delta Air Lines
  • Norwegian Air Shuttle
  • Norse Atlantic Airways
  • Virgin Atlantic Airways
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Booking window

When to book New York to London

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €539.4090 days
  2. €440.8760 days
  3. €351.7845 days
  4. €350.0130 days
  5. €478.6321 days
  6. €574.2114 days
  7. €774.817 days
  8. €858.593 days
  9. €951.811 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €350.01.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 172 percent. The dearest point is €951.81, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €574.21Sun
  2. €535.86Mon
  3. €526.42Tue
  4. €562.41Wed
  5. €652.09Thu
  6. €606.07Fri
  7. €618.46Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

New York City

Air
  • JFK
  • EWR
  • LGA
  • ISP
  • TEB

London

Air
  • LHR
  • LGW
  • STN
  • LTN
  • LCY
  • SEN
The journey

What the journey looks like

How far it really runs
The route covers 5,737 km against 5,570 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves New York at 06:06 and the last at 20:42, across 80 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about New York to London

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from New York to London take?

The Flight from New York to London takes 10h 48m door to door, of which 7h 38m is spent moving. The route runs 5,737 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from New York to London cost?

The Flight from New York to London starts at €403.70 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €499.28. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from New York to London?

10 operators run the Flight from New York to London: American Airlines, Finnair, JetBlue Airways, British Airways, Delta Air Lines. Between them they file around 80 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from New York to London use?

The Flight from New York to London leaves from John F. Kennedy International Airport JFK and arrives at London Heathrow Airport LHR. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from New York to London?

Fares for the Flight from New York to London bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €350.01. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 172 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from New York to London produce?

The Flight from New York to London produces about 1680.9 kg of CO2 per passenger over 5737 km, which works out at roughly 293 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for New York to London on 20 September 2026: 5737 km of route against 5570 km in a straight line, 80 services a day, 10 operators a cheapest fare of €403.70, and 10h 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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