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LAX Los Angeles ⇄ OGG Maui (Kahului)

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

Distance3,996 km2,483 mi2,158 nautical miles
LAX → OGG5 h 55 minestimated block time
OGG → LAX5 h 15 minestimated block time
Clock change−3 hMaui (Kahului) vs Los Angeles, today
Great-circle route from Los Angeles (LAX) to Maui (Kahului) (OGG)LAXLos AngelesOGGMaui (Kahului)
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 → OGG

5 h 55 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 259° (WSW).

Leave Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Maui (Kahului) Sat 7 Nov, 13:55 local.

OGG → LAX

5 h 15 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 61° (ENE).

Leave Maui (Kahului) Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 17:15 local.

OGG-bound flights are the slower direction by about 40 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 distance3,996 km · 2,483 mi · 2,158 nmi
Initial heading259° (WSW) from LAX; 61° (ENE) from OGG
Farthest from the equator33.9°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip20% 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
OGGPacific/Honolulu — UTC−10 now; UTC−10 all year (no daylight saving time)
DifferenceMaui (Kahului) is 3 hours behind Los Angeles today; −2 h in January and −3 h in July because daylight saving time starts and ends on different dates (or not at all).

Jet lag, flying LAX → OGG. Your body clock has to move 3 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 3 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 OGG Kahului International AirportMaui (Kahului), United States · longest runway 6,998 ft2,133 m

More routes from LAX and OGG

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 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 HNLOGG Honolulu – Maui (Kahului) 162 km101 mi · 1 h 15 min SFOOGG San Francisco – Maui (Kahului) 3,761 km2,337 mi · 5 h 40 min

Routes of a similar length

JNBADD Johannesburg – Addis Ababa 4,068 km2,528 mi · 5 h 40 min SINBOM Singapore – Mumbai 3,922 km2,437 mi · 5 h 35 min PERSIN Perth – Singapore 3,911 km2,430 mi · 5 h 35 min AKLPPT Auckland – Papeete (Tahiti) 4,094 km2,544 mi · 5 h 25 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).