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✈ LAX → AUH

16H 48M FLIGHT. YOU WILL FORGET WHAT GRASS LOOKS LIKE.

Flight time
16h 48m
Distance
8,378 mi
Or
13,483 km
Jet lag
11h

Flight from Los Angeles to Abu Dhabi

From LAX (LAX), USA North America  →  Abu Dhabi International (AUH), UAE Middle East

↔ Flying the other way? Abu Dhabi → Los Angeles

How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Abu Dhabi?

A nonstop flight from Los Angeles (LAX) to Abu Dhabi (AUH) takes about 16 hours 48 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 8,378 miles (13,483 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

16h 48m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

8,378 mi

13,483 km · great-circle

Avg speed

803 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Los Angeles timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Abu Dhabi timezone

UTC+4

Asia/Dubai

Time difference

+11h

11 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~11d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

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

✈ Flight 1995 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2306 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 553 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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