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LAX Los Angeles ⇄ CDG Paris

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

Distance9,103 km5,656 mi4,915 nautical miles
LAX → CDG10 h 50 minestimated block time
CDG → LAX12 h 05 minestimated block time
Clock change+8 hParis vs Los Angeles, today
Great-circle route from Los Angeles (LAX) to Paris (CDG)LAXLos AngelesCDGParis
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 → CDG

10 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 35° (NE).

Leave Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Paris Sun 8 Nov, 05:50 local +1 day.

CDG → LAX

12 h 05 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 314° (NW).

Leave Paris Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 13:05 local.

LAX-bound flights are the slower direction by about 75 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 distance9,103 km · 5,656 mi · 4,915 nmi
Initial heading35° (NE) from LAX; 314° (NW) from CDG
Farthest from the equator61.9°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip45% 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
CDGEurope/Paris — UTC+1 now; UTC+1 standard time, UTC+2 during daylight saving time
DifferenceParis is 8 hours ahead of Los Angeles today.

Jet lag, flying LAX → CDG. Your body clock has to move 8 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 8 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 CDG Charles de Gaulle International AirportParis, France · longest runway 13,829 ft4,215 m

More routes from LAX and CDG

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 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 LHRCDG London – Paris 348 km216 mi · 1 h 25 min CDGLIS Paris – Lisbon 1,470 km913 mi · 2 h 50 min YULCDG Montreal – Paris 5,524 km3,433 mi · 6 h 50 min CDGDEL Paris – Delhi 6,565 km4,080 mi · 7 h 55 min MEXCDG Mexico City – Paris 9,199 km5,716 mi · 10 h 45 min CDGSIN Paris – Singapore 10,724 km6,664 mi · 12 h 30 min

Routes of a similar length

JFKTLV New York – Tel Aviv 9,117 km5,665 mi · 10 h 35 min SFOICN San Francisco – Seoul 9,085 km5,645 mi · 12 h 20 min LHRJNB London – Johannesburg 9,075 km5,639 mi · 11 h 10 min EWRTLV Newark – Tel Aviv 9,141 km5,680 mi · 10 h 35 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).