St Moritz to London is a 951 km sector of about 1 h 37 in the air, Engadin Samedan – the airfield in the valley below the resort – to London Luton. Indicative price from €4 600 for the whole aircraft, one way. It is a short flight out of an unusual airport, so send the dates early: a written quotation follows within 30 minutes and the operations desk answers at any hour on +357 95 119759.
An hour and a half north-west, out of an alpine valley to whichever London field is nearest your front door. Since Brexit this is a border crossing rather than an internal flight – minutes at a business terminal, but minutes that need your passenger details earlier than a Schengen hop would. Whole aircraft, single seats and empty legs, arranged 24/7.
REQUEST A QUOTEA short sector with an unusual departure and an unusually easy arrival. Samedan is the airfield of the Upper Engadin, in the valley below St Moritz and a short drive from the resort – which on a ninety-minute flight is the difference between arriving and travelling. It is also the highest airport in Europe, with defined opening hours, daylight operation, familiarised crews and performance reduced by altitude. London offers three business-aviation fields and the widest choice of light and midsize aircraft on any given day.
One departure that has to be arranged and three arrivals that are a matter of geography. In the air the three London fields are within minutes of each other; on London's roads they are not.
| Field | Code | Role on this route | What decides it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engadin Samedan | SMV / LSZS | departure, the one you want | The airfield of the Upper Engadin, in the valley below St Moritz and a short drive from the resort – which on a ninety-minute flight is the difference between arriving and travelling. The highest airport in Europe: familiarised crew, RNAV-equipped aircraft, daylight operation, defined opening hours, reduced take-off performance on a warm day. |
| London Luton | LTN / EGGW | arrival, default | Where most of this traffic lands and the field with the widest choice of light and midsize aircraft on any day – 26,661 business-aviation movements in 2023 (EBAA 2023). Every figure on this page is measured to it. |
| Farnborough and Biggin Hill | FAB / EGLF, BQH / EGKB | arrival, by address | Farnborough takes no scheduled traffic at all and suits Surrey, Hampshire and west London; Biggin Hill suits south London, Kent and the City. The flight time from any of the three differs by minutes; the drive does not. |
| Zurich | ZRH / LSZH | arrival, all-weather – at the alpine end | The dependable alternative that a great many parties end up using: a major international airport with deep business-aviation handling, open when valley fields are not, at the cost of roughly three hours on the road over the passes. |
Airport coordinates and codes: OurAirports open dataset, retrieved 23 August 2026. Distances calculated great-circle. Movement counts: EBAA 2023.
Nine hundred and fifty kilometres is easy. The departure airfield is the filter: equipment, crew qualification, and a performance calculation for the temperature on the day.
The normal answer and the deepest pool of aircraft properly equipped and crewed for Samedan. Comfortable over an hour and a half for up to six.
See the fleet ›For a larger party or ski equipment, and confirmed for your date rather than assumed – the Samedan constraints apply to the aircraft you actually fly, not to the category in general.
See the fleet ›Not an aircraft but a shape: road to Zurich and a jet from there, which removes every alpine constraint at the cost of three hours over the passes. Worth having in the plan before the weather makes it the only option.
See the fleet ›Indicative price from €4 600 for the whole aircraft, one way – a floor for a light jet on an ordinary winter day rather than a figure for a February Saturday.
What sits above it belongs to the mountain rather than the distance: a narrower pool of qualified aircraft, defined operating hours, daylight, and the aeroplane's journey to the valley to collect you. The London end contributes the least volatility of any arrival in Europe – three fields, deep availability, and handling that is routine at any hour.
The savings are the alpine ones: mid-week rather than the Saturday changeover, and empty legs, which the Alps produce on a predictable weekly rhythm with London as one of the main destinations.
GET A FIRM PRICEDecember to March, weekends heaviest, February heaviest of all as the school holidays stack up. Outside the winter the Engadin is quiet and this sector is easy.
Book early for February weekends and around New Year, and send passenger details with the booking: since Brexit this is a border crossing, and the document side wants more notice than a Schengen hop would. The other constraints are the qualified aircraft, the Samedan opening hours and the daylight.
Weather belongs in the plan from the start. The valley field has days when nothing moves, and the honest alternative is Zurich plus three hours of road – agreed in advance rather than improvised at breakfast.
London has the deepest business-aviation capacity in Europe outside Paris, so a second leg from here is the simplest part of any itinerary.
The return leg, and the half most parties book at the same time – which also secures the Samedan window rather than leaving it to the week of travel.
London to St Moritz ›Back into the Alps on the French side, and the usual shape when the winter continues somewhere else rather than ending.
London to Courchevel ›The other standard alpine gateway, and a sector we publish in its own right.
London to Geneva ›Tell us your dates and how many of you there are. Your dedicated flight advisor will come back with aircraft options and a firm price.
All published routes are listed on the route index. Also useful: the fleet, current empty legs, jet sharing.