✈ KUL → LAX
17H 37M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.
Flight from Kuala Lumpur to Los Angeles
From KLIA (KUL), Malaysia Asia → LAX (LAX), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Los Angeles → Kuala Lumpur
How long is the flight from Kuala Lumpur to Los Angeles?
A nonstop flight from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes about 17 hours 37 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,800 miles (14,163 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
17h 37m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
8,800 mi
14,163 km · great-circle
Avg speed
804 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Kuala Lumpur timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Time difference
-15h
15 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~10.5d
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 Kuala Lumpur
Nearest destinations
- Kuala Lumpur → Singapore
- Kuala Lumpur → Bangkok
- Kuala Lumpur → Bali (Denpasar)
- Kuala Lumpur → Manila
- Kuala Lumpur → Hong Kong
- Kuala Lumpur → Taipei
- Kuala Lumpur → Mumbai
- Kuala Lumpur → Shanghai
- Kuala Lumpur → Delhi
- Kuala Lumpur → Beijing
Long-haul from Kuala Lumpur
- Kuala Lumpur → Cancun
- Kuala Lumpur → Miami
- Kuala Lumpur → Mexico City
- Kuala Lumpur → Santiago
- Kuala Lumpur → Atlanta
- Kuala Lumpur → Buenos Aires
- Kuala Lumpur → São Paulo
- Kuala Lumpur → Rio de Janeiro
- Kuala Lumpur → Dallas
- Kuala Lumpur → New York
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
- Singapore → Los Angeles
- Mumbai → Los Angeles
- Bali (Denpasar) → Los Angeles
- Abu Dhabi → Los Angeles
- Dubai → Los Angeles
- Doha → Los Angeles
- Bangkok → Los Angeles