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✈ KUL → ATL

19H 42M, 9,891 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.

Flight time
19h 42m
Distance
9,891 mi
Or
15,918 km
Jet lag
12h

Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Atlanta

From KLIA (KUL), Malaysia Asia  →  Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? Atlanta → Kuala Lumpur

How long is the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Atlanta?

A nonstop flight from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Atlanta (ATL) takes about 19 hours 42 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 9,891 miles (15,918 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

19h 42m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

9,891 mi

15,918 km · great-circle

Avg speed

808 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Kuala Lumpur timezone

UTC+8

Asia/Kuala_Lumpur

Atlanta timezone

UTC-4

America/New_York

Time difference

-12h

12 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~8.4d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 2356 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2722 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 653 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.

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