Route
New York to Los Angeles
JFK → LAX · 3,983 km · about 5h 19m in the air
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Distance and flying time
- Kilometres
- 3,983
- Miles
- 2,475
- Nautical miles
- 2,151
- Estimated flying time
- 5h 19m
non-stop, approximate
Distances are geodesic — the shortest path over the WGS-84 ellipsoid, the same basis published figures use. Real aircraft fly further, following airways and routing around weather and restricted airspace. The time estimate ignores wind, so the same route is genuinely quicker eastbound than westbound. How these are calculated →
From
New York
JFKJohn F. Kennedy International Airport
- Country
- United States
- ICAO
- KJFK
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- Local time
- 15:35 UTC−04:00
To
Los Angeles
LAXLos Angeles International Airport
- Country
- United States
- ICAO
- KLAX
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- 12:35 UTC−07:00
Time zones
| JFK — New York | LAX — Los Angeles | |
|---|---|---|
| Time zone | America/New_York | America/Los_Angeles |
| UTC offset | UTC−04:00 EDT | UTC−07:00 PDT |
| Local time now | 15:35 Sat, 3 Oct 2026 | 12:35 Sat, 3 Oct 2026 |
Los Angeles is currently 3 hours behind New York. Both times on an airline itinerary are local to their own airport, so you cannot subtract them to get a duration. Offsets change with daylight saving, and the two ends do not always switch on the same date — the time zone planner resolves them for your actual travel date.
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Near JFK
Alternative departure airports within reach by ground.
- LGA New York · 17 km
- NYS New York · 19 km
- TSS New York · 20 km
Near LAX
Alternative arrival airports within reach by ground.
- HHR Hawthorne · 7 km
- LGB Long Beach · 28 km
- BUR Burbank · 29 km