Los Angeles to Denver (LAX–DEN): distance and flight time

Flight time each way

LAX → DEN

2 h 30 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 58° (ENE).

Leave Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Denver Sat 7 Nov, 13:30 local.

DEN → LAX

2 h 45 min

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

Leave Denver Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 11:45 local.

LAX-bound flights are the slower direction by about 15 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 distance	1,385 km · 861 mi · 748 nmi
Initial heading	58° (ENE) from LAX; 246° (WSW) from DEN
Farthest from the equator	39.9°N
Crosses	neither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip	7% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

LAX	America/Los_Angeles — UTC−7 now; UTC−8 standard time, UTC−7 during daylight saving time
DEN	America/Denver — UTC−6 now; UTC−7 standard time, UTC−6 during daylight saving time
Difference	Denver is 1 hour ahead of Los Angeles today.

Jet lag, flying LAX → DEN. Your body clock has to move 1 hour earlier, like an eastward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. 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

DEN Denver International AirportDenver, United States · longest runway 16,000 ft4,877 m

More routes from LAX and DEN

LAXLAS Los Angeles – Las Vegas 380 km236 mi · 1 h 25 min LAXDFW Los Angeles – Dallas–Fort Worth 1,983 km1,232 mi · 3 h 05 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 DENPHX Denver – Phoenix 968 km601 mi · 2 h 15 min DFWDEN Dallas–Fort Worth – Denver 1,032 km641 mi · 2 h 20 min SFODEN San Francisco – Denver 1,553 km965 mi · 2 h 40 min ATLDEN Atlanta – Denver 1,927 km1,197 mi · 3 h 30 min JFKDEN New York – Denver 2,610 km1,622 mi · 4 h 20 min DENFRA Denver – Frankfurt 8,089 km5,026 mi · 9 h 45 min

Routes of a similar length

CGKKNO Jakarta – Medan 1,388 km862 mi · 2 h 40 min MELBNE Melbourne – Brisbane 1,381 km858 mi · 2 h 35 min ORDBOS Chicago – Boston 1,391 km864 mi · 2 h 30 min BNECNS Brisbane – Cairns 1,392 km865 mi · 2 h 40 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).

LAX Los Angeles ⇄ DEN Denver