✈ AMS → LAX
11H 25M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,565 MILES. EARN THE LEG.
Flight from Amsterdam to Los Angeles
From Schiphol (AMS), Netherlands Europe → LAX (LAX), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Los Angeles → Amsterdam
How long is the flight from Amsterdam to Los Angeles?
A nonstop flight from Amsterdam (AMS) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes about 11 hours 25 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,565 miles (8,956 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 25m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,565 mi
8,956 km · great-circle
Avg speed
785 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Amsterdam timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Amsterdam
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Time difference
-9h
9 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~6.3d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Amsterdam
Nearest destinations
- Amsterdam → Brussels
- Amsterdam → Frankfurt
- Amsterdam → London
- Amsterdam → Paris
- Amsterdam → Manchester
- Amsterdam → Berlin
- Amsterdam → Zurich
- Amsterdam → Copenhagen
- Amsterdam → Munich
- Amsterdam → Edinburgh
Long-haul from Amsterdam
- Amsterdam → Auckland
- Amsterdam → Sydney
- Amsterdam → Melbourne
- Amsterdam → Bali (Denpasar)
- Amsterdam → Santiago
- Amsterdam → Buenos Aires
- Amsterdam → Singapore
- Amsterdam → Manila
- Amsterdam → Kuala Lumpur
- Amsterdam → São Paulo
More flights to North America
Flights to Los Angeles
Nearest origins
- Las Vegas → Los Angeles
- San Francisco → Los Angeles
- Seattle → Los Angeles
- Vancouver → Los Angeles
- Dallas → Los Angeles
- Mexico City → Los Angeles
- Chicago → Los Angeles
- Atlanta → Los Angeles
- Cancun → Los Angeles
- Toronto → Los Angeles
Long-haul to Los Angeles
- Johannesburg → Los Angeles
- Cape Town → Los Angeles
- Nairobi → Los Angeles
- Kuala Lumpur → Los Angeles
- Singapore → Los Angeles
- Mumbai → Los Angeles
- Bali (Denpasar) → Los Angeles
- Abu Dhabi → Los Angeles
- Dubai → Los Angeles
- Doha → Los Angeles