Distance from London to Los Angeles
The great-circle distance between London, United Kingdom and Los Angeles, United States is 8,756 km (5,440 mi · 4,728 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 8,756 km · 5,440 mi · 4,728 nmi
- Initial bearing London → Los Angeles
- 312° (NW)
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → London
- 34° (NE)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 10 h 58 min
- Time zones
- London UTC+00:00 · Los Angeles UTC-08:00 (-8 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 433 min — the sun rises earlier in London
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
- London
- 51.5085, -0.1257
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 07:07 UTC / 16:23 UTC
- Los Angeles
- 34.0522, -118.2437
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 14:20 UTC / 00:55 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.