Historical

London to Washington

LHR → IAD

This was British Airways’ first commercial Concorde flight to the United States, from London Heathrow to Washington, D.C., on 24 May 1976. The route shown here is reconstructed from the detailed flight log, archived in the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.

Route

London (LHR) → Washington (IAD)

Flights

BA519

Airline

British Airways

Aircraft

Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde

Date

24 May 1976

Distance

6,076 km

Flight time

4h 15m