✈ LAX → ICN
LOS ANGELES → SEOUL IN 12H 13M. CONSIDER BUSINESS CLASS. NO, REALLY.
Flight from Los Angeles to Seoul
From LAX (LAX), USA North America → Incheon (ICN), South Korea Asia
↔ Flying the other way? Seoul → Los Angeles
How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Seoul?
A nonstop flight from Los Angeles (LAX) to Seoul (ICN) takes about 12 hours 13 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,982 miles (9,627 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
12h 13m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,982 mi
9,627 km · great-circle
Avg speed
788 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Seoul timezone
UTC+9
Asia/Seoul
Time difference
+16h
16 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~16d
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
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- Los Angeles → Toronto
Long-haul from Los Angeles
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Flights to Seoul
Nearest origins
- Shanghai → Seoul
- Osaka → Seoul
- Beijing → Seoul
- Tokyo → Seoul
- Taipei → Seoul
- Hong Kong → Seoul
- Manila → Seoul
- Bangkok → Seoul
- Kuala Lumpur → Seoul
- Singapore → Seoul
Long-haul to Seoul
- Buenos Aires → Seoul
- Santiago → Seoul
- São Paulo → Seoul
- Rio de Janeiro → Seoul
- Cape Town → Seoul
- Cancun → Seoul
- Miami → Seoul
- Johannesburg → Seoul
- Mexico City → Seoul
- Atlanta → Seoul