✈ LAX → AKL
13H 14M, 6,516 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
Flight from Los Angeles to Auckland
From LAX (LAX), USA North America → Auckland Airport (AKL), New Zealand Oceania
How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Auckland?
A nonstop flight from Los Angeles (LAX) to Auckland (AKL) takes about 13 hours 14 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,516 miles (10,487 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
13h 14m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,516 mi
10,487 km · great-circle
Avg speed
792 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Auckland timezone
UTC+12
Pacific/Auckland
Time difference
+19h
19 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~19d
Eastward — worse
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.