Distance from Jakarta to Los Angeles
The great-circle distance between Jakarta, Indonesia and Los Angeles, United States is 14,450 km (8,979 mi · 7,802 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 14,450 km · 8,979 mi · 7,802 nmi
- Initial bearing Jakarta → Los Angeles
- 50° (NE)
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Jakarta
- 293° (WNW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 17 h 39 min
- Time zones
- Jakarta UTC+07:00 · Los Angeles UTC-07:00 (-14 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 900 min — the sun rises earlier in Jakarta
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
- Jakarta
- -6.2146, 106.8451
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 22:43 UTC / 10:49 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.