✈ LAX → KUL
17H 37M, 8,800 MILES. YOUR ANCESTORS WALKED LESS THAN THIS.
Flight from Los Angeles to Kuala Lumpur
From LAX (LAX), USA North America → KLIA (KUL), Malaysia Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Kuala Lumpur → Los Angeles
How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Kuala Lumpur?
A nonstop flight from Los Angeles (LAX) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL) 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
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Kuala Lumpur timezone
UTC+8
Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
Time difference
+15h
15 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~15d
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.
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Long-haul from Los Angeles
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Flights to Kuala Lumpur
Nearest origins
- 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 → Kuala Lumpur
Long-haul to 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 → Kuala Lumpur