✈ DEL → LAX

16H 5M, 8,001 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.

Flight time
16h 5m
Distance
8,001 mi
Or
12,877 km
Jet lag
12.5h

Flight from Delhi to Los Angeles

From Indira Gandhi (DEL), India Asia  →  LAX (LAX), USA North America

How long is the flight from Delhi to Los Angeles?

A nonstop flight from Delhi (DEL) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes about 16 hours 5 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,001 miles (12,877 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

16h 5m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

8,001 mi

12,877 km · great-circle

Avg speed

801 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Delhi timezone

UTC+5:30

Asia/Kolkata

Los Angeles timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Time difference

-12.5h

12h 30m behind

Jet lag (rough)

~8.8d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1906 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2202 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 528 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.