✈ CDG → LAX
11H 35M, 5,656 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
Flight from Paris to Los Angeles
From Charles de Gaulle (CDG), France Europe → LAX (LAX), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Los Angeles → Paris
How long is the flight from Paris to Los Angeles?
A nonstop flight from Paris (CDG) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes about 11 hours 35 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,656 miles (9,103 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 35m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,656 mi
9,103 km · great-circle
Avg speed
786 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Paris timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Paris
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Time difference
-9h
9 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~6.3d
Westward — easier
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 Paris
Nearest destinations
- Paris → Brussels
- Paris → London
- Paris → Amsterdam
- Paris → Frankfurt
- Paris → Zurich
- Paris → Manchester
- Paris → Milan
- Paris → Munich
- Paris → Dublin
- Paris → Prague
Long-haul from Paris
- Paris → Auckland
- Paris → Sydney
- Paris → Melbourne
- Paris → Bali (Denpasar)
- Paris → Santiago
- Paris → Buenos Aires
- Paris → Manila
- Paris → Singapore
- Paris → Kuala Lumpur
- Paris → Taipei
More flights to North America
Flights to Los Angeles
Nearest origins
- 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 → Los Angeles
Long-haul to 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 → Los Angeles