Los Angeles to Manila (LAX–MNL): distance and flight time

Flight time each way

LAX → MNL

15 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 300° (WNW).

Leave Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Manila Sun 8 Nov, 17:40 local +1 day.

MNL → LAX

13 h 20 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 48° (NE).

Leave Manila Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 07:20 local.

MNL-bound flights are the slower direction by about 140 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	11,740 km · 7,295 mi · 6,339 nmi
Initial heading	300° (WNW) from LAX; 48° (NE) from MNL
Farthest from the equator	44.1°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crosses	the 180th meridian (International Date Line area)
Share of the longest possible trip	59% 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
MNL	Asia/Manila — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
Difference	Manila is 15 hours ahead of Los Angeles today; +16 h in January and +15 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying LAX → MNL. The clock change is 15 hours, but to your body that is a shift of 9 hours the other way. Your body clock has to move 9 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 9 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

MNL Ninoy Aquino International AirportManila, Philippines · longest runway 12,261 ft3,737 m

More routes from LAX and MNL

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 MNLCEB Manila – Cebu 567 km352 mi · 1 h 40 min HKGMNL Hong Kong – Manila 1,146 km712 mi · 2 h 20 min SINMNL Singapore – Manila 2,375 km1,476 mi · 3 h 45 min SYDMNL Sydney – Manila 6,263 km3,892 mi · 8 h 20 min

Routes of a similar length

DXBMEL Dubai – Melbourne 11,644 km7,235 mi · 13 h 50 min IADADD Washington – Addis Ababa 11,563 km7,185 mi · 13 h 15 min SFOSYD San Francisco – Sydney 11,950 km7,425 mi · 15 h 10 min ATLICN Atlanta – Seoul 11,487 km7,138 mi · 14 h 40 min

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

LAX Los Angeles ⇄ MNL Manila