✈ SCL → LAX
11H 27M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from Santiago to Los Angeles
From Arturo Merino Benítez (SCL), Chile South America → LAX (LAX), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Los Angeles → Santiago
How long is the flight from Santiago to Los Angeles?
A nonstop flight from Santiago (SCL) to Los Angeles (LAX) 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
Santiago timezone
UTC-4
America/Santiago
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Time difference
-3h
3 hours behind
Jet lag (rough)
~2.1d
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 Santiago
Nearest destinations
- Santiago → 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
Long-haul from Santiago
- Santiago → Beijing
- Santiago → Shanghai
- Santiago → Hong Kong
- Santiago → Taipei
- Santiago → Seoul
- Santiago → Bangkok
- Santiago → Osaka
- Santiago → Manila
- Santiago → Tokyo
- Santiago → Delhi
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