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✈ AUH → LAX

16H 48M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.

Flight time
16h 48m
Distance
8,378 mi
Or
13,483 km
Jet lag
11h

Flight from Abu Dhabi to Los Angeles

From Abu Dhabi International (AUH), UAE Middle East  →  LAX (LAX), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? Los Angeles → Abu Dhabi

How long is the flight from Abu Dhabi to Los Angeles?

A nonstop flight from Abu Dhabi (AUH) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes about 16 hours 48 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,378 miles (13,483 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

16h 48m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

8,378 mi

13,483 km · great-circle

Avg speed

803 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Abu Dhabi timezone

UTC+4

Asia/Dubai

Los Angeles timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Time difference

-11h

11 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~7.7d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1995 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2306 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 553 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.

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