✈ AMS → LAX

11H 25M, 5,565 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
11h 25m
Distance
5,565 mi
Or
8,956 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Amsterdam to Los Angeles

From Schiphol (AMS), Netherlands Europe  →  LAX (LAX), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? Los Angeles → Amsterdam

How long is the flight from Amsterdam to Los Angeles?

A nonstop flight from Amsterdam (AMS) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes about 11 hours 25 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,565 miles (8,956 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 25m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,565 mi

8,956 km · great-circle

Avg speed

785 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Amsterdam timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Amsterdam

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.

✈ Flight 1325 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1531 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 367 kg CO₂

This flight emits roughly 3.6× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.