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title: "Los Angeles to Hong Kong (LAX → HKG): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Los Angeles to Hong Kong is 11,664 km (7,248 mi) great circle, an estimated 15h 00m in the air. The route, what it flies over, and why the short way is not the straight line on a map."
url: https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-hkg
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LAX → HKG

# Los Angeles to Hong Kong: distance, flight time and the route it really takes

Los Angeles to Hong Kong is 11,664 km of great circle — 7,248 mi — and an estimated 15h 00m in the air. It crosses from North America to Asia.

**Great circle**
11,664 km
7,248 mi

**Estimated in the air**
15h 00m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
51.1°N
at 42% along

**One lap of Earth**
29.1%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 26th longest.

The Los Angeles to Hong Kong route drawn as a great circle arc on a globe

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Los Angeles the path crosses the United States, then 7,523 km of open water, then Japan, then 2,100 km of open water, then China.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 51.1°N, 42% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 12,553 km. That is 889 km further, about 8% more, and roughly 1h 06m of extra flying.

Leaving Los Angeles the aircraft points north-west (311°); it arrives into Hong Kong heading south-west (223°). That is 88° of drift without a single turn — the compass moves because the path is a curve on a sphere, not because the aircraft does.

One economy seat on it is about 1.65 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

[LAX–HKG carbon footprint →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-carbon-calculator?from=LAX&to=HKG) [Map this route →](https://orbitflights.app/tools/flight-route-map?r=LAX-HKG)

From

LAX

## Los Angeles

Los Angeles, United States · North America

33.9°N, 118.4°W

[LAX airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/lax) [Flights to Los Angeles →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/los-angeles)

To

HKG

## Hong Kong

Hong Kong, Hong Kong · Asia

22.3°N, 113.9°E

[HKG airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/hkg) [Flights to Hong Kong →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/hong-kong)

## Los Angeles to Hong Kong, asked and answered

**How far is Los Angeles to Hong Kong?**
Los Angeles to Hong Kong (LAX to HKG) is 11,664 km, or 7,248 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Hong Kong?**
About 15h 00m 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 Hong Kong flight take?**
The great circle passes over the United States, then 7,523 km of open water, then Japan, then 2,100 km of open water, then China. It reaches 51.1°N 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.

[Why the shortest path is a curve →](https://orbitflights.app/blog/great-circle-routes-explained)

## Flown this one?

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## Nearby routes

[LAX → SYD Los Angeles to Sydney 12,061 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-syd) [SFO → HKG San Francisco to Hong Kong 11,128 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/sfo-to-hkg) [LAX → MEL Los Angeles to Melbourne 12,758 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-mel) [MEL → LAX Melbourne to Los Angeles 12,758 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/mel-to-lax) [LAX → AKL Los Angeles to Auckland 10,487 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-akl) [LAX → PVG Los Angeles to Shanghai 10,415 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-pvg)

## Further reading

[How many miles do you have to fly around the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/how-many-miles-to-fly-around-the-world) [What is on the exact opposite side of the world?](https://orbitflights.app/blog/opposite-side-of-the-world) [What's actually worth counting in a flight log](https://orbitflights.app/blog/what-is-worth-counting-in-a-flight-log)

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