✈ LAX → HEL
11H 29M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from Los Angeles to Helsinki
From LAX (LAX), USA North America → Vantaa (HEL), Finland Europe
↔ Flying the other way? Helsinki → Los Angeles
How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Helsinki?
A nonstop flight from Los Angeles (LAX) to Helsinki (HEL) 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
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Helsinki timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Helsinki
Time difference
+10h
10 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~10d
Eastward — worse
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 Los Angeles
Nearest destinations
- Los Angeles → 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
Long-haul from Los Angeles
- 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
More flights to Europe
Flights to Helsinki
Nearest origins
- Stockholm → Helsinki
- Oslo → Helsinki
- Copenhagen → Helsinki
- Warsaw → Helsinki
- Berlin → Helsinki
- Prague → Helsinki
- Vienna → Helsinki
- Budapest → Helsinki
- Amsterdam → Helsinki
- Frankfurt → Helsinki
Long-haul to 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 → Helsinki