✈ ATL → LAX
4H 28M, 1,942 MI. ONE MOVIE. ONE NAP. ONE QUESTIONABLE MEAL.
Flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles
From Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL), USA North America → LAX (LAX), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Los Angeles → Atlanta
How long is the flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles?
A nonstop flight from Atlanta (ATL) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes about 4 hours 28 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 1,942 miles (3,126 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
4h 28m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
1,942 mi
3,126 km · great-circle
Avg speed
699 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Atlanta timezone
UTC-4
America/New_York
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× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.7× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from Atlanta
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- Atlanta → Seattle
- Atlanta → Vancouver
- Atlanta → Dublin
- Atlanta → Edinburgh
- Atlanta → Manchester
- Atlanta → Lisbon
- Atlanta → London
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- Atlanta → Madrid
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Flights to Los Angeles
- Las Vegas → Los Angeles
- San Francisco → Los Angeles
- Seattle → Los Angeles
- Vancouver → Los Angeles
- Dallas → Los Angeles
- Mexico City → Los Angeles
- Chicago → Los Angeles
- Cancun → Los Angeles
- Toronto → Los Angeles
- Miami → Los Angeles
- New York → Los Angeles
- Boston → Los Angeles
- Edinburgh → Los Angeles
- Dublin → Los Angeles
- Manchester → Los Angeles
- Oslo → Los Angeles
- London → Los Angeles
- Tokyo → Los Angeles
- Stockholm → Los Angeles
- Amsterdam → Los Angeles