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title: "Singapore to Los Angeles (SIN → LAX): distance and flight time · Orbit"
description: "Singapore to Los Angeles is 14,102 km (8,762 mi) great circle, an estimated 18h 01m 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/sin-to-lax
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SIN → LAX

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

Singapore Changi to Los Angeles is 14,102 km of great circle — 8,762 mi — and an estimated 18h 01m in the air. It crosses from Asia to North America.

**Great circle**
14,102 km
8,762 mi

**Estimated in the air**
18h 01m
block time

**Furthest from equator**
45.7°N
at 70% along

**One lap of Earth**
35.2%
of 40,075 km

Of the [292 routes catalogued here](https://orbitflights.app/routes), this is the 10th longest.

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

## What the aircraft actually flies over

From Singapore the path crosses 2,468 km of open water, then Philippines, then 11,140 km of open water, then the United States.

The furthest the great circle gets from the equator is 45.7°N, 70% of the way along.

Flying the line that looks straight on a Mercator map — one constant compass bearing — would cover 14,792 km. That is 691 km further, about 5% more, and roughly 51m of extra flying.

Leaving Singapore the aircraft points north-east (44°); it arrives into Los Angeles heading south-east (123°). That is 78° 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 2.00 t of CO₂e each way, counting non-CO₂ warming.

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

From

SIN

## Singapore Changi

Singapore, Singapore · Asia

1.4°N, 104.0°E

[SIN airport →](https://orbitflights.app/airports/sin) [Flights to Singapore →](https://orbitflights.app/flights-to/singapore)

To

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)

## Singapore to Los Angeles, asked and answered

**How far is Singapore to Los Angeles?**
Singapore to Los Angeles (SIN to LAX) is 14,102 km, or 8,762 mi, measured as great circle distance between the two airports.

**How long is the flight from Singapore to Los Angeles?**
About 18h 01m 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 Singapore to Los Angeles flight take?**
The great circle passes over 2,468 km of open water, then Philippines, then 11,140 km of open water, then the United States. It reaches 45.7°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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[Download now](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.qwertybit.orbit)

## Nearby routes

[LAX → SIN Los Angeles to Singapore 14,102 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/lax-to-sin) [SFO → SIN San Francisco to Singapore 13,582 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/sfo-to-sin) [SIN → EWR Singapore to Newark 15,337 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/sin-to-ewr) [SIN → JFK Singapore to New York 15,341 km](https://orbitflights.app/routes/sin-to-jfk) [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)

## 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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