Distance from Los Angeles to New York City
Flying the shortest possible route, New York City lies 3,936 km (2,446 miles, 2,125 nautical miles) from Los Angeles — the great-circle distance between their coordinates.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 3,936 km · 2,446 mi · 2,125 nmi
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → New York City
- 66° (ENE)
- Initial bearing New York City → Los Angeles
- 274° (W)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 5 h 17 min
- Time zones
- Los Angeles UTC-08:00 · New York City UTC-05:00 (+3 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 165 min — the sun rises later in Los Angeles
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
- Los Angeles
- 34.0522, -118.2437
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 14:20 UTC / 00:55 UTC
- New York City
- 40.7143, -74.0060
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 11:35 UTC / 21:46 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.