✈ HEL → LAX
11H 29M IN A METAL TUBE. 5,601 MILES. EARN THE LEG.
Flight from Helsinki to Los Angeles
From Vantaa (HEL), Finland Europe → LAX (LAX), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Los Angeles → Helsinki
How long is the flight from Helsinki to Los Angeles?
A nonstop flight from Helsinki (HEL) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes about 11 hours 29 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,601 miles (9,014 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 29m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,601 mi
9,014 km · great-circle
Avg speed
785 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Helsinki timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Helsinki
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Time difference
-10h
10 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~7d
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 Helsinki
Nearest destinations
- Helsinki → Stockholm
- Helsinki → Oslo
- Helsinki → Copenhagen
- Helsinki → Warsaw
- Helsinki → Berlin
- Helsinki → Prague
- Helsinki → Vienna
- Helsinki → Budapest
- Helsinki → Amsterdam
- Helsinki → Frankfurt
Long-haul from Helsinki
- Helsinki → Auckland
- Helsinki → Sydney
- Helsinki → Melbourne
- Helsinki → Santiago
- Helsinki → Buenos Aires
- Helsinki → São Paulo
- Helsinki → Rio de Janeiro
- Helsinki → Bali (Denpasar)
- Helsinki → Cape Town
- Helsinki → Mexico City
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