✈ ATL → KUL

19H 42M IN ECONOMY = A FELONY AGAINST YOURSELF. UPGRADE.

Flight time
19h 42m
Distance
9,891 mi
Or
15,918 km
Jet lag
36h

Flight from Atlanta to Kuala Lumpur

From Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL), USA North America  →  KLIA (KUL), Malaysia Asia

↔ Flying the other way? Kuala Lumpur → Atlanta

How long is the flight from Atlanta to Kuala Lumpur?

A nonstop flight from Atlanta (ATL) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL) takes about 19 hours 42 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 9,891 miles (15,918 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

19h 42m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

9,891 mi

15,918 km · great-circle

Avg speed

808 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Atlanta timezone

UTC-4

America/New_York

Kuala Lumpur timezone

UTC+32

Asia/Kuala_Lumpur

Time difference

+36h

36 hours ahead

Jet lag (rough)

~36d

Eastward — worse

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 2356 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 2722 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 653 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.