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Route · United States and Canada

LAX Los Angeles ⇄ ATL Atlanta

Los Angeles International Airport (United States) and Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (United States): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance3,126 km1,942 mi1,688 nautical miles
LAX → ATL4 h 15 minestimated block time
ATL → LAX5 hestimated block time
Clock change+3 hAtlanta vs Los Angeles, today
Great-circle route from Los Angeles (LAX) to Atlanta (ATL)LAXLos AngelesATLAtlanta
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

LAX → ATL

4 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 81° (E).

Leave Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Atlanta Sat 7 Nov, 17:15 local.

ATL → LAX

5 h

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 280° (W).

Leave Atlanta Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 12:00 local.

LAX-bound flights are the slower direction by about 45 minutes in our estimate: the route runs mostly 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 distance3,126 km · 1,942 mi · 1,688 nmi
Initial heading81° (E) from LAX; 280° (W) from ATL
Farthest from the equator35.0°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip16% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

LAXAmerica/Los_Angeles — UTC−7 now; UTC−8 standard time, UTC−7 during daylight saving time
ATLAmerica/New_York — UTC−4 now; UTC−5 standard time, UTC−4 during daylight saving time
DifferenceAtlanta is 3 hours ahead of Los Angeles today.

Jet lag, flying LAX → ATL. Your body clock has to move 3 hours earlier, like an eastward trip. A common rule of thumb is that the body clock adjusts by roughly one time zone a day, so expect up to about 3 days to fully adjust. Shifting earlier (as here) is usually the harder direction; morning daylight at the destination helps. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

LAX Los Angeles International AirportLos Angeles, United States · longest runway 12,894 ft3,930 m ATL Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportAtlanta, United States · longest runway 12,390 ft3,776 m

More routes from LAX and ATL

LAXLAS Los Angeles – Las Vegas 380 km236 mi · 1 h 25 min LAXSEA Los Angeles – Seattle 1,537 km955 mi · 2 h 50 min JFKLAX New York – Los Angeles 3,974 km2,469 mi · 6 h 05 min LAXAMS Los Angeles – Amsterdam 8,956 km5,565 mi · 10 h 45 min LAXTPE Los Angeles – Taipei 10,922 km6,787 mi · 14 h 40 min LAXSIN Los Angeles – Singapore 14,102 km8,762 mi · 18 h 25 min ATLCLT Atlanta – Charlotte 365 km227 mi · 1 h 25 min ATLORD Atlanta – Chicago 976 km607 mi · 2 h 10 min ATLCUN Atlanta – Cancún 1,421 km883 mi · 2 h 40 min ATLDEN Atlanta – Denver 1,927 km1,197 mi · 3 h 30 min ATLFRA Atlanta – Frankfurt 7,409 km4,604 mi · 8 h 50 min ATLJNB Atlanta – Johannesburg 13,583 km8,440 mi · 15 h 55 min

Routes of a similar length

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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).