Distance from Bangkok to Los Angeles
The great-circle distance between Bangkok, Thailand and Los Angeles, United States is 13,303 km (8,266 mi · 7,183 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 13,303 km · 8,266 mi · 7,183 nmi
- Initial bearing Bangkok → Los Angeles
- 37° (NE)
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Bangkok
- 316° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 16 h 19 min
- Time zones
- Bangkok UTC+07:00 · Los Angeles UTC-07:00 (-14 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 875 min — the sun rises earlier in Bangkok
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Bangkok
- 13.7540, 100.5014
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 23:08 UTC / 11:15 UTC
- Los Angeles
- 34.0522, -118.2437
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 13:43 UTC / 01:50 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.