✈ CDG → LAX

11H 35M FLIGHT. YOU WILL CRY DURING A ROMCOM. IT'S FINE.

Flight time
11h 35m
Distance
5,656 mi
Or
9,103 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Paris to Los Angeles

From Charles de Gaulle (CDG), France Europe  →  LAX (LAX), USA North America

↔ Flying the other way? Los Angeles → Paris

How long is the flight from Paris to Los Angeles?

A nonstop flight from Paris (CDG) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes about 11 hours 35 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,656 miles (9,103 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

11h 35m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,656 mi

9,103 km · great-circle

Avg speed

786 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Paris timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Paris

Los Angeles timezone

UTC-7

America/Los_Angeles

Time difference

-9h

9 hours behind

Jet lag (rough)

~6.3d

Westward — easier

CO₂ footprint per passenger

Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.

✈ Flight 1347 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1557 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 373 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.