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Frankfurt (FRA) – Los Angeles (LAX)

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Distance, flight time and the airlines that fly it, from open data.
Distance
9,344 km
5,806 mi · 5,045 nm
Flight time
11 h 50 min
Estimate from distance
Time difference
9 h
CO2 per passenger
1,091 kg
One way, economy, incl. RF (646 kg CO2 only)
Passengers / year
324,398
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −11.2%
Flights / week
21
Both directions, average
Seats filled
88%
368,698 seats a year
Airlines nonstop
2
LH, DE

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 FRA to LAXFRALAX
Shortest path over the earth's surface (great circle). Real flights bend around weather, winds and airspace.

The way there

Heading from FRA
318°
Heading from LAX
31°
Halfway point
62.95, -69.18
Great-circle km
9,322 km (sphere, for EU261)
Clocks
Los Angeles is 9 h behind Frankfurt

The estimate for a route without real times is 11 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.

Passengers per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: August 2025: 48,824 passengers
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Month Passengers
Aug 202548,824
Sep 202544,941
Oct 202536,393
Nov 202519,299
Dec 202520,213
Jan 202619,410
Feb 202614,406
Mar 202619,462
Apr 202615,463
May 202618,548
Jun 202633,515
Jul 202633,924
Flights per month, both directions (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026)Busiest: August 2025: 168 flights
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Month Flights
Aug 2025168
Sep 2025158
Oct 2025126
Nov 202560
Dec 202562
Jan 202661
Feb 202648
Mar 202661
Apr 202648
May 202662
Jun 2026117
Jul 2026113

Airlines flying FRA–LAX nonstop

Airline Flights / week Share of passengers
LHLufthansa German Airlines18
87%
DECondor Flugdienst3.3
13%

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 B747-8 · 707 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A330-900 · 169 flights
  • B787-900 Dreamliner · 109 flights
  • Airbus Industrie A340-300 · 99 flights

Also carried: 10,127 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).

Eurostat also has this route: 387,216 passengers in 2024, 1,256 flights (reported by the airport in Germany).

Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)

Measured by great-circle distance: 9,322 km.

FRA Frankfurt → LAX Los Angeles

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

Covers any airline.

LAX Los Angeles → FRA Frankfurt

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 FRA

Route Distance Passengers / year
FRA → LHR656 km 1,410,787
FRA → BER432 km 1,166,945
FRA → HAM413 km 1,083,599
FRA → VIE623 km 1,031,037
FRA → MUC300 km 1,012,334
FRA → PMI1,251 km 950,350
FRA → DXB4,849 km 940,081
FRA → MAD1,421 km 905,304
FRA → IST1,840 km 842,741
FRA → BCN1,093 km 808,807

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

Frankfurt (FRA) and Los Angeles (LAX) are 9,344 km (5,806 miles, 5,045 nautical miles) apart, measured along the shortest path over the earth's surface.