✈ BCN → LAX
12H 16M IN A METAL TUBE. 6,012 MILES. EARN THE LEG.
Flight from Barcelona to Los Angeles
From El Prat (BCN), Spain Europe → LAX (LAX), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Los Angeles → Barcelona
How long is the flight from Barcelona to Los Angeles?
A nonstop flight from Barcelona (BCN) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes about 12 hours 16 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,012 miles (9,675 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
12h 16m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,012 mi
9,675 km · great-circle
Avg speed
789 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Barcelona timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Madrid
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 Barcelona
Nearest destinations
- Barcelona → Madrid
- Barcelona → Milan
- Barcelona → Rome
- Barcelona → Zurich
- Barcelona → Paris
- Barcelona → Lisbon
- Barcelona → Brussels
- Barcelona → Frankfurt
- Barcelona → Munich
- Barcelona → London
Long-haul from Barcelona
- Barcelona → Auckland
- Barcelona → Sydney
- Barcelona → Melbourne
- Barcelona → Bali (Denpasar)
- Barcelona → Manila
- Barcelona → Santiago
- Barcelona → Singapore
- Barcelona → Kuala Lumpur
- Barcelona → Buenos Aires
- Barcelona → Tokyo
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