Auckland (AKL) – Los Angeles (LAX)
- Distance
- 10,468 km
- 6,505 mi · 5,652 nm
- Flight time
- 12 h 11 min / 13 h 7 min
- Average gate to gate: AKL → LAX / back
- Time difference
- 21 h / 19 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 1,227 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (726 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 379,258
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −7.7%
- Flights / week
- 31
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 77%
- 495,288 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- NZ, DL, AA
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from AKL
- 50°
- Heading from LAX
- 228°
- Halfway point
- -1.85, -151.09
- Great-circle km
- 10,487 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air AKL → LAX
- 11 h 42 min
- In the air LAX → AKL
- 12 h 34 min
- Clocks
- 21 h in January, 19 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 13 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 17,123 |
| Sep 2025 | 24,041 |
| Oct 2025 | 24,602 |
| Nov 2025 | 32,388 |
| Dec 2025 | 53,126 |
| Jan 2026 | 50,987 |
| Feb 2026 | 43,665 |
| Mar 2026 | 47,173 |
| Apr 2026 | 25,948 |
| May 2026 | 17,979 |
| Jun 2026 | 22,087 |
| Jul 2026 | 20,139 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 76 |
| Sep 2025 | 98 |
| Oct 2025 | 102 |
| Nov 2025 | 139 |
| Dec 2025 | 232 |
| Jan 2026 | 216 |
| Feb 2026 | 205 |
| Mar 2026 | 183 |
| Apr 2026 | 103 |
| May 2026 | 73 |
| Jun 2026 | 85 |
| Jul 2026 | 78 |
Airlines flying AKL–LAX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| NZAir New Zealand | 20 | 69% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 7.1 | 21% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 3.5 | 10% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 777-300/300ER/333ER · 976 flights
- Airbus Industrie A350-900 · 368 flights
- Boeing 777-200ER/200LR/233LR · 180 flights
- B787-900 Dreamliner · 66 flights
Also carried: 21,517 tonnes of freight and 59 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 10,487 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.