✈ BKK → LAX
16H 34M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.
Flight from Bangkok to Los Angeles
From Suvarnabhumi (BKK), Thailand Asia → LAX (LAX), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Los Angeles → Bangkok
How long is the flight from Bangkok to Los Angeles?
A nonstop flight from Bangkok (BKK) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes about 16 hours 34 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,259 miles (13,291 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
16h 34m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
8,259 mi
13,291 km · great-circle
Avg speed
802 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Bangkok timezone
UTC+7
Asia/Bangkok
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Time difference
-14h
14 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~9.8d
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 Bangkok
Nearest destinations
- Bangkok → Kuala Lumpur
- Bangkok → Singapore
- Bangkok → Hong Kong
- Bangkok → Manila
- Bangkok → Taipei
- Bangkok → Shanghai
- Bangkok → Delhi
- Bangkok → Bali (Denpasar)
- Bangkok → Mumbai
- Bangkok → Beijing
Long-haul from Bangkok
- Bangkok → Santiago
- Bangkok → Buenos Aires
- Bangkok → São Paulo
- Bangkok → Rio de Janeiro
- Bangkok → Cancun
- Bangkok → Mexico City
- Bangkok → Miami
- Bangkok → Atlanta
- Bangkok → Dallas
- Bangkok → New York
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