- Great circle
- 10,487 km
- 6,516 mi
- Estimated in the air
- 13h 32m
- block time
- Furthest from equator
- 37.0°S
- at 100% along
- One lap of Earth
- 26.2%
- of 40,075 km
Of the 292 routes catalogued here, this is the 35th longest.
What the aircraft actually flies over
From Los Angeles the path crosses 10,435 km of open water.
The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 37.0°S, 100% of the way along.
Holding a single compass bearing the whole way would cover almost exactly the same ground, so on this route the flat map and the globe agree.
It arrives on almost the heading it left on — south-west at both ends. The two airports sit at nearly mirrored latitudes, so the arc climbs away from the equator and falls back to it by the same amount, and the compass ends up where it started.
LAX
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States · North America
33.9°N, 118.4°W
Los Angeles to Auckland, asked and answered
- How far is Los Angeles to Auckland?
- Los Angeles to Auckland (LAX to AKL) is 10,487 km, or 6,516 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.
- How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Auckland?
- About 13h 32m in the air. That is an estimate from the distance at a typical airliner block speed, plus half an hour for taxi, climb and descent; published schedules vary with winds and routing.
- What route does a Los Angeles to Auckland flight take?
- The great circle passes over 10,435 km of open water. It reaches 37.0°S at its furthest from the equator.
Where these numbers come from
Distances are computed from the two airports’ own coordinates, not looked up from published routes. Times are estimates, not schedules.
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