✈ AKL → LAX
13H 14M IN A METAL TUBE. 6,516 MILES. EARN THE LEG.
Flight from Auckland to Los Angeles
From Auckland Airport (AKL), New Zealand Oceania → LAX (LAX), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Los Angeles → Auckland
How long is the flight from Auckland to Los Angeles?
A nonstop flight from Auckland (AKL) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes about 13 hours 14 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,516 miles (10,487 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
13h 14m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,516 mi
10,487 km · great-circle
Avg speed
792 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Auckland timezone
UTC+12
Pacific/Auckland
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Time difference
-19h
19 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~13.3d
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 Auckland
Nearest destinations
- Auckland → Sydney
- Auckland → Melbourne
- Auckland → Bali (Denpasar)
- Auckland → Manila
- Auckland → Singapore
- Auckland → Kuala Lumpur
- Auckland → Tokyo
- Auckland → Taipei
- Auckland → Osaka
- Auckland → Hong Kong
Long-haul from Auckland
- Auckland → Lisbon
- Auckland → Madrid
- Auckland → Casablanca
- Auckland → Barcelona
- Auckland → Paris
- Auckland → Milan
- Auckland → Rome
- Auckland → Zurich
- Auckland → London
- Auckland → Brussels
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