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Direct flights from London (LHR) to Phuket (HKT): 3 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. No cancellations were recorded across the 3 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 9,904 km, an estimated 13 hours 12 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at London and Phuket. Updated 30 October 2026 at 23:07 UTC.
LHR
London
busy · +19
HKT
Phuket
tracking
9,904 km · ~13h 12m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 3x weekly · nonstop
74 / 100
route health from live LHR and HKT delay boards
0 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Flight time~13h 12mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures3x1 direct airline on the leg
Who flies it
observed on the boards · 7 daysHistory
operated legs · board outcomesActual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Full board history, day by day →
Airports right now
live boardsnext sweep in 120s
How the London to Phuket route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop LHR to HKT flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure
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LHR to HKT questions
Is LHR–HKT running on time right now?
Mostly on schedule. The departure side at LHR is the weaker end, route health score 74/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from LHR to HKT?
Great-circle distance is 9,904 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 729–879 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does LHR–HKT fly?
Virgin Atlantic runs the route with about 3 flights a week (sun, wed, fri). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
What does the route health score measure?
A blend of departure-side delay at LHR and arrival-side delay at HKT, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.
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