✈ LAX → SCL
11H 27M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from Los Angeles to Santiago
From LAX (LAX), USA North America → Arturo Merino Benítez (SCL), Chile South America
↔ Flying the other way? Santiago → Los Angeles
How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Santiago?
A nonstop flight from Los Angeles (LAX) to Santiago (SCL) takes about 11 hours 27 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,584 miles (8,987 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 27m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,584 mi
8,987 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
Santiago timezone
UTC-4
America/Santiago
Time difference
+3h
3 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~3d
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 South America
Flights to Santiago
Nearest origins
- Buenos Aires → Santiago
- São Paulo → Santiago
- Rio de Janeiro → Santiago
- Cancun → Santiago
- Mexico City → Santiago
- Miami → Santiago
- Atlanta → Santiago
- Dallas → Santiago
- Cape Town → Santiago
- New York → Santiago
Long-haul to Santiago
- Beijing → Santiago
- Shanghai → Santiago
- Hong Kong → Santiago
- Taipei → Santiago
- Seoul → Santiago
- Bangkok → Santiago
- Osaka → Santiago
- Manila → Santiago
- Tokyo → Santiago
- Delhi → Santiago