--- title: "Flights to Los Angeles: how far it is, and from where · Orbit" description: "Great circle distances and estimated flying times to Los Angeles, United States, from 22 cities — 543 km at the nearest, 14,102 km at the furthest. Distance and geography, not fares." url: https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/los-angeles --- United States · North America # Flights to Los Angeles: how far it is, and from where Los Angeles sits at 33.9°N, 118.4°W, served by Los Angeles (LAX). Below are 22 routes into it, with the great circle distance and an estimated flying time for each. This page is about distance and geography — there are no fares or schedules on it. For tickets, use a booking site; for how far it actually is and what you fly over to get there, you’re in the right place. **Routes here** 22 in the catalogue **Nearest** 543 km from San Francisco **Furthest** 14,102 km from Singapore **Airports** 1 LAX ## How far Los Angeles is from everywhere else Great circle distance between the airports, and an estimate of the time in the air. Every row links to the route in full. | From | | Distance | Estimated | Direction | | ----------------------------------------------------------- | --- | --------- | --------- | -------------------------------- | | [San Francisco](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-sfo) | SFO | 543 km | 1h 11m | barely any time shift | | [Denver](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-den) | DEN | 1,385 km | 2h 13m | barely any time shift | | [Seattle](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-sea) | SEA | 1,537 km | 2h 25m | barely any time shift | | [Mexico City](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-mex) | MEX | 2,500 km | 3h 36m | westbound — the easier direction | | [Chicago](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-ord) | ORD | 2,802 km | 3h 59m | westbound — the easier direction | | [New York](https://orbitflights.app/routes/jfk-to-lax) | JFK | 3,974 km | 5h 26m | westbound — the easier direction | | [Honolulu](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-hnl) | HNL | 4,108 km | 5h 36m | eastbound — the harder direction | | [Tokyo](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-nrt) | NRT | 8,753 km | 11h 23m | eastbound — the harder direction | | [London](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lhr-to-lax) | LHR | 8,760 km | 11h 23m | westbound — the easier direction | | [Tokyo](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-hnd) | HND | 8,812 km | 11h 27m | eastbound — the harder direction | | [Paris](https://orbitflights.app/routes/cdg-to-lax) | CDG | 9,103 km | 11h 49m | westbound — the easier direction | | [Frankfurt](https://orbitflights.app/routes/fra-to-lax) | FRA | 9,322 km | 12h 05m | westbound — the easier direction | | [Seoul](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-icn) | ICN | 9,625 km | 12h 28m | eastbound — the harder direction | | [Beijing](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-pek) | PEK | 10,037 km | 12h 58m | eastbound — the harder direction | | [Shanghai](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-pvg) | PVG | 10,415 km | 13h 27m | eastbound — the harder direction | | [Auckland](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-akl) | AKL | 10,487 km | 13h 32m | eastbound — the harder direction | | [Hong Kong](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-hkg) | HKG | 11,664 km | 15h 00m | eastbound — the harder direction | | [Sydney](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-syd) | SYD | 12,061 km | 15h 29m | eastbound — the harder direction | | [Melbourne](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-mel) | MEL | 12,758 km | 16h 21m | eastbound — the harder direction | | [Melbourne](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mel-to-lax) | MEL | 12,758 km | 16h 21m | eastbound — the harder direction | | [Singapore](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-sin) | SIN | 14,102 km | 18h 01m | eastbound — the harder direction | | [Singapore](https://orbitflights.app/routes/sin-to-lax) | SIN | 14,102 km | 18h 01m | eastbound — the harder direction | ## What Los Angeles adds to a map Los Angeles puts a pin in United States, and North America is one of the seven continents — the coarsest and most useful measure of how much of the world a flight map actually covers. The furthest route here, from Singapore, is 14,102 km: 35.2% of one lap of the Earth in a single flight. [What actually counts as a country visited →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/counting-countries) ## Been to Los Angeles? Put it on a globe with everywhere else you’ve flown. Free for your first 15 flights, and it works offline. [Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit) --- Markdown copy of https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/los-angeles for language models and agents. Site index: https://orbitflights.app/llms.txt