Dubai to Los Angeles (DXB–LAX): distance and flight time

Flight time each way

DXB → LAX

16 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 354° (N).

Leave Dubai Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 14:25 local.

LAX → DXB

16 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 7° (N).

Leave Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Dubai Sun 8 Nov, 14:10 local +1 day.

LAX-bound flights are the slower direction by about 15 minutes in our estimate: the route runs partly east–west through latitudes where the prevailing westerly winds at cruise height are strong, so heading east rides a tailwind and heading west fights a headwind. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance	13,400 km · 8,327 mi · 7,236 nmi
Initial heading	354° (N) from DXB; 7° (N) from LAX
Farthest from the equator	84.6°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crosses	neither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip	67% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

DXB	Asia/Dubai — UTC+4 now; UTC+4 all year (no daylight saving time)
LAX	America/Los_Angeles — UTC−7 now; UTC−8 standard time, UTC−7 during daylight saving time
Difference	Los Angeles is 11 hours behind Dubai today; −12 h in January and −11 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying DXB → LAX. Your body clock has to move 11 hours later, like a westward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 11 days to fully adjust. Shifting later (as here) is usually the easier direction; evening daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

DXB Dubai International AirportDubai, United Arab Emirates · longest runway 14,590 ft4,447 m

LAX Los Angeles International AirportLos Angeles, United States · longest runway 12,894 ft3,930 m

More routes from DXB and LAX

DXBRUH Dubai – Riyadh 874 km543 mi · 2 h 05 min ADDDXB Addis Ababa – Dubai 2,519 km1,565 mi · 3 h 50 min DXBBKK Dubai – Bangkok 4,903 km3,047 mi · 6 h 20 min DXBSIN Dubai – Singapore 5,846 km3,632 mi · 7 h 30 min DXBJFK Dubai – New York 11,002 km6,836 mi · 14 h 30 min DXBAKL Dubai – Auckland 14,199 km8,823 mi · 16 h 30 min LAXLAS Los Angeles – Las Vegas 380 km236 mi · 1 h 25 min LAXSEA Los Angeles – Seattle 1,537 km955 mi · 2 h 50 min EWRLAX Newark – Los Angeles 3,941 km2,449 mi · 6 h 05 min LAXNAN Los Angeles – Nadi (Fiji) 8,893 km5,526 mi · 11 h 30 min LAXAKL Los Angeles – Auckland 10,487 km6,516 mi · 13 h 20 min LAXSIN Los Angeles – Singapore 14,102 km8,762 mi · 18 h 25 min

Routes of a similar length

SFOSIN San Francisco – Singapore 13,582 km8,439 mi · 17 h 45 min ATLJNB Atlanta – Johannesburg 13,583 km8,440 mi · 15 h 55 min DFWSYD Dallas–Fort Worth – Sydney 13,808 km8,580 mi · 17 h 25 min SINSEA Singapore – Seattle 12,979 km8,065 mi · 15 h

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).

DXB Dubai ⇄ LAX Los Angeles