Corfu to London flight path: CFU to LGW

Sit on the Right side of the plane for the best views on flights from Corfu to London. The right side wins overall because the Corfu departure delivers genuinely dramatic, close-up island and coastal scenery, while the Gatwick landing side offers only modest, flat English countryside views on either side — the departure sequence is the clear highlight of this route.

During takeoff from Ioannis Kapodistrias International (CFU), sit on the Right side for the best views. Departing Corfu on runway 16, the aircraft climbs south over the strait before turning back toward the northwest for the UK routing. That turn swings the right side of the cabin toward Corfu Town, the Kanoni peninsula, and the turquoise coastline, with the Albanian coastal mountains visible across the water. Notable sights include: Corfu Old Town and Venetian fortress, Kanoni peninsula and Vlacherna monastery causeway, the strait toward the Albanian coast, Ionian Sea coastline.

When landing at Gatwick (LGW), sit on the Left side for the best views. Gatwick typically lands to the west on runway 26 in prevailing southwesterly winds, with arrivals joining final approach from the east over Sussex. On the left side, passengers get a look at the rolling chalk ridge of the South Downs and, on a clear day, a distant glint of the English Channel near Brighton before the flat approach into the airport. Notable sights include: South Downs chalk ridge, Sussex Weald farmland, distant English Channel coastline near Brighton, patchwork fields around Gatwick.

The flight from Ioannis Kapodistrias International (CFU) to Gatwick (LGW) takes 3h 15m.

Cruise track passes up through the Balkans near the Albanian and Croatian coastlines along the Adriatic, with the eastern Alps visible in the distance over Austria before the route continues across central Europe toward the English Channel.