Los Angeles (LAX) – Tokyo (NRT)
- Distance
- 8,772 km
- 5,451 mi · 4,737 nm
- Flight time
- 11 h 27 min / 10 h 7 min
- Average gate to gate: LAX → NRT / back
- Time difference
- 17 h / 16 h
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 1,024 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (606 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 763,706
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +0.7%
- Flights / week
- 69
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 87%
- 875,836 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- ZG, UA, SQ
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 LAX
- 306°
- Heading from NRT
- 56°
- Halfway point
- 47.71, -168.24
- Great-circle km
- 8,753 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LAX → NRT
- 10 h 53 min
- In the air NRT → LAX
- 9 h 21 min
- Clocks
- 17 h in January, 16 h in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 11 h 10 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 63,645 |
| Sep 2025 | 60,248 |
| Oct 2025 | 67,250 |
| Nov 2025 | 49,368 |
| Dec 2025 | 61,823 |
| Jan 2026 | 61,095 |
| Feb 2026 | 64,392 |
| Mar 2026 | 71,357 |
| Apr 2026 | 65,170 |
| May 2026 | 70,026 |
| Jun 2026 | 73,663 |
| Jul 2026 | 55,669 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 311 |
| Sep 2025 | 298 |
| Oct 2025 | 310 |
| Nov 2025 | 240 |
| Dec 2025 | 308 |
| Jan 2026 | 309 |
| Feb 2026 | 280 |
| Mar 2026 | 310 |
| Apr 2026 | 300 |
| May 2026 | 331 |
| Jun 2026 | 324 |
| Jul 2026 | 264 |
Airlines flying LAX–NRT nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| ZGZIPAIR Tokyo | 15 | 26% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 14 | 21% |
| SQSingapore Airlines | 12 | 20% |
| NHAll Nippon Airways | 14 | 18% |
| JLJapan Air Lines | 14 | 16% |
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
- B787-900 Dreamliner · 2,181 flights
- B787-800 Dreamliner · 794 flights
- Airbus Industrie A380-800 · 605 flights
- Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner · 4 flights
- Boeing 777-200ER/200LR/233LR · 1 flight
Also carried: 39,143 tonnes of freight and 32 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 8,753 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.
Every airport pair between Los Angeles and Tokyo
Kilometres. Linked numbers have a page of their own. All Tokyo airports