✈ FRA → LAX
11H 51M, 5,792 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
Flight from Frankfurt to Los Angeles
From Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Germany Europe → LAX (LAX), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Los Angeles → Frankfurt
How long is the flight from Frankfurt to Los Angeles?
A nonstop flight from Frankfurt (FRA) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes about 11 hours 51 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,792 miles (9,321 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 51m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,792 mi
9,321 km · great-circle
Avg speed
787 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Frankfurt timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Berlin
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 Frankfurt
Nearest destinations
- Frankfurt → Zurich
- Frankfurt → Munich
- Frankfurt → Brussels
- Frankfurt → Amsterdam
- Frankfurt → Prague
- Frankfurt → Berlin
- Frankfurt → Paris
- Frankfurt → Milan
- Frankfurt → Vienna
- Frankfurt → London
Long-haul from Frankfurt
- Frankfurt → Auckland
- Frankfurt → Sydney
- Frankfurt → Melbourne
- Frankfurt → Santiago
- Frankfurt → Bali (Denpasar)
- Frankfurt → Buenos Aires
- Frankfurt → Manila
- Frankfurt → Singapore
- Frankfurt → Kuala Lumpur
- Frankfurt → São Paulo
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