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Amsterdam (AMS) – Los Angeles (LAX)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
8,977 km
5,578 mi · 4,847 nm
Flight time
11 h 20 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
9 h
CO2 per passenger
1,048 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (620 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
311,731
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +3.1%
Flights / week
21
Both directions, average
Seats filled
89%
349,058 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
1
KL

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

Great circle from AMS to LAXAMSLAX
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from AMS
315°
Heading from LAX
31°
Halfway point
62.24, -72.42
Great-circle km
8,956 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Los Angeles is 9 h behind Amsterdam

The estimate for a route without real times is 11 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: July 2026: 35,024 passengers
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Month Passengers
Aug 202534,402
Sep 202531,253
Oct 202530,177
Nov 202516,062
Dec 202517,286
Jan 202614,458
Feb 202614,220
Mar 202619,195
Apr 202634,211
May 202633,547
Jun 202631,896
Jul 202635,024
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: August 2025: 124 flights
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Month Flights
Aug 2025124
Sep 2025114
Oct 2025106
Nov 202558
Dec 202560
Jan 202654
Feb 202654
Mar 202666
Apr 2026118
May 2026124
Jun 2026114
Jul 2026120

Airlines flying AMS–LAX nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
KLKlm Royal Dutch Airlines21
100%

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 787-10 Dreamliner · 946 flights
  • Boeing 777-200ER/200LR/233LR · 104 flights
  • B787-900 Dreamliner · 50 flights
  • Boeing 777-300/300ER/333ER · 12 flights

Also carried: 10,940 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Eurostat also has this route: 325,110 passengers in 2024, 1,115 flights (reported by the airport in Netherlands).

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 8,956 km.

AMS Amsterdam → LAX Los Angeles

EU261€600 for arriving 3 hours or more late (€300 if 3–4 hours).

Covers any airline.

LAX Los Angeles → AMS Amsterdam

EU261€600 for arriving 3 hours or more late (€300 if 3–4 hours).

Covers EU, EEA or Swiss airlines only.

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.

More routes from AMS

Route Distance Passengers / year
AMS → BCN1,241 km 1,559,616
AMS → LHR371 km 1,460,366
AMS → DUB752 km 1,297,434
AMS → MAD1,459 km 1,228,527
AMS → CPH635 km 1,159,300
AMS → CDG399 km 1,125,321
AMS → MAN488 km 1,083,040
AMS → LIS1,847 km 1,044,889
AMS → DXB5,175 km 991,087
AMS → AGP1,883 km 912,397

More routes from LAX

Route Distance Passengers / year
LAX → JFK3,983 km 3,020,062
LAX → SFO543 km 2,842,388
LAX → ORD2,808 km 2,332,419
LAX → HNL4,114 km 2,261,240
LAX → LAS380 km 2,208,696
LAX → DEN1,387 km 2,043,500
LAX → DFW1,987 km 1,914,491
LAX → SEA1,535 km 1,810,795
LAX → EWR3,950 km 1,791,699
LAX → ATL3,133 km 1,783,358

Questions

Amsterdam (AMS) and Los Angeles (LAX) are 8,977 km (5,578 miles, 4,847 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.