✈ CUN → LAX
4H 48M FROM CANCUN TO LOS ANGELES. THAT'S A WORK SHIFT.
Flight from Cancun to Los Angeles
From Cancun International (CUN), Mexico North America → LAX (LAX), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Los Angeles → Cancun
How long is the flight from Cancun to Los Angeles?
A nonstop flight from Cancun (CUN) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes about 4 hours 48 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 2,117 miles (3,407 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
4h 48m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
2,117 mi
3,407 km · great-circle
Avg speed
709 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Cancun timezone
UTC-5
America/Cancun
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Time difference
-2h
2 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~1.4d
Westward — easier
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.7× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Cancun
Nearest destinations
- Cancun → Miami
- Cancun → Mexico City
- Cancun → Atlanta
- Cancun → Dallas
- Cancun → Chicago
- Cancun → New York
- Cancun → Toronto
- Cancun → Boston
- Cancun → Las Vegas
- Cancun → San Francisco
Long-haul from Cancun
- Cancun → Bali (Denpasar)
- Cancun → Singapore
- Cancun → Kuala Lumpur
- Cancun → Bangkok
- Cancun → Mumbai
- Cancun → Manila
- Cancun → Melbourne
- Cancun → Hong Kong
- Cancun → Delhi
- Cancun → Sydney
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
- Toronto → Los Angeles
- Miami → 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