✈ LAX → OTP
13H 21M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.
Flight from Los Angeles to Bucharest
From LAX (LAX), USA North America → Henri Coandă (OTP), Romania Europe
How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Bucharest?
A nonstop flight from Los Angeles (LAX) to Bucharest (OTP) takes about 13 hours 21 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 6,572 miles (10,577 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
13h 21m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
6,572 mi
10,577 km · great-circle
Avg speed
793 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Bucharest timezone
UTC+3
Europe/Bucharest
Time difference
+10h
10 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~10d
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.