✈ LAX → FRA

11H 51M, 5,792 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
11h 51m
Distance
5,792 mi
Or
9,321 km
Jet lag
9h

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.

✈ Flight 1380 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1594 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 382 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.