✈ LAX → FRA
11H 51M, 5,792 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.
Flight from Los Angeles to Frankfurt
From LAX (LAX), USA North America → Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Germany Europe
How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Frankfurt?
A nonstop flight from Los Angeles (LAX) to Frankfurt (FRA) takes about 11 hours 51 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,792 miles (9,321 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
11h 51m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
5,792 mi
9,321 km · great-circle
Avg speed
787 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Frankfurt timezone
UTC+2
Europe/Berlin
Time difference
+9h
9 hours ahead
Jet lag (rough)
~9d
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.