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LAX Los Angeles ⇄ BNE Brisbane

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

Distance11,533 km7,167 mi6,228 nautical miles
LAX → BNE14 h 35 minestimated block time
BNE → LAX13 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change+17 hBrisbane vs Los Angeles, today
Great-circle route from Los Angeles (LAX) to Brisbane (BNE)LAXLos AngelesBNEBrisbane
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 → BNE

14 h 35 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 246° (WSW).

Leave Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Brisbane Sun 8 Nov, 18:35 local +1 day.

BNE → LAX

13 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 59° (ENE).

Leave Brisbane Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 05:45 local.

BNE-bound flights are the slower direction by about 55 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 distance11,533 km · 7,167 mi · 6,228 nmi
Initial heading246° (WSW) from LAX; 59° (ENE) from BNE
Farthest from the equator33.9°N
Crossesthe equator and the 180th meridian (International Date Line area)
Share of the longest possible trip58% 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
BNEAustralia/Brisbane — UTC+10 now; UTC+10 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceBrisbane is 17 hours ahead of Los Angeles today; +18 h in January and +17 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying LAX → BNE. The clock change is 17 hours, but to your body that is a shift of 7 hours the other way. Your body clock has to move 7 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 7 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

LAX Los Angeles International AirportLos Angeles, United States · longest runway 12,894 ft3,930 m BNE Brisbane International AirportBrisbane, Australia · longest runway 11,680 ft3,560 m

More routes from LAX and BNE

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 SYDBNE Sydney – Brisbane 753 km468 mi · 1 h 55 min MELBNE Melbourne – Brisbane 1,381 km858 mi · 2 h 35 min BNECNS Brisbane – Cairns 1,392 km865 mi · 2 h 40 min BNEAKL Brisbane – Auckland 2,295 km1,426 mi · 3 h 30 min BNEDPS Brisbane – Bali (Denpasar) 4,488 km2,789 mi · 6 h 20 min

Routes of a similar length

IADADD Washington – Addis Ababa 11,563 km7,185 mi · 13 h 15 min ATLICN Atlanta – Seoul 11,487 km7,138 mi · 14 h 40 min DXBMEL Dubai – Melbourne 11,644 km7,235 mi · 13 h 50 min SYDSCL Sydney – Santiago 11,340 km7,047 mi · 13 h 10 min

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).