✈ ZRH → LAX

12H 6M, 5,924 MI. THE AIRLINE OWES YOU SOMETHING. THEY WON'T GIVE IT.

Flight time
12h 6m
Distance
5,924 mi
Or
9,534 km
Jet lag
9h

Flight from Zurich to Los Angeles

From Zurich Airport (ZRH), Switzerland Europe  →  LAX (LAX), USA North America

How long is the flight from Zurich to Los Angeles?

A nonstop flight from Zurich (ZRH) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes about 12 hours 6 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 5,924 miles (9,534 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.

Avg flight time

12h 6m

Nonstop, scheduled

Distance

5,924 mi

9,534 km · great-circle

Avg speed

788 km/h

Door-to-door including taxi

Time zones & jet lag

Zurich timezone

UTC+2

Europe/Zurich

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 1411 kg CO₂
🚗 Car (alone) 1630 kg CO₂
🚆 Train 391 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.