There are 5 ways to get from Washington to London by plane, train, or subway
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Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to London Heathrow Airport
best- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)DCA - LHR
9h 20m£294–2,035Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport
cheapest- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)IAD - LHR
10h 17m£242–733Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)DCA - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
10h 12m£294–942Train to Baltimore-Washington International Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Fly from Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)BWI - LHR
9h 58m£261–1,181Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to London City Airport
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to London City Airport (LCY)IAD - LCY
12h 33m£264–1,010
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Washington to London is to subway and fly which costs £240 - £750 and takes 10h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to London is to fly which takes 9h 20m and costs £290 - £2,100.
The distance between Washington and London is 3691 miles.
It takes approximately 9h 20m to get from Washington to London, including transfers.
London is 5h ahead of Washington. It is currently 3:10 AM in Washington and 8:10 AM in London.
There are 20854+ hotels available in London.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and London, England?
American Airlines, British Airways, and five other airlines fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) every 2 hours.
- Website
- aa.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £280–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to London Heathrow Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–950
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–390
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to London Heathrow Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 49m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Philadelphia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 51m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to London Heathrow Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–950
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–390
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London City Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,400
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Newark
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
- Website
- virginatlantic.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to London Heathrow Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–750
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £210–950
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–390
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London City Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £290–1,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to London Heathrow Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £190–700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to London Heathrow Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £190–700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £230–900
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London City Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–1,200
- Website
- jetblue.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to London Heathrow Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Boston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £260–1,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £290–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Montreal
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £310–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- icelandair.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £220–600
Flights from Baltimore-Washington International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Reykjavik Keflavik Nas
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–750
- Website
- airtransat.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Toronto
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £390–1,300
- Website
- flynorse.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to London Gatwick Airport via New York JFK
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £280–900
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £240–950
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–23
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £1–6
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- £1–2
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- £4–6
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £3–150
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- £3–150
- Business Class
- £30–170
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £4–40
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- 1-866-743-3682
- Website
- mta.maryland.gov
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £1–7
- Website
- https://www.mta.maryland.gov
- Standard Fare
- £1–7
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to BWI Thurgood Marshall
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £5–410
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- £5–330
- First Class
- £75–410
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