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Route · United States and Canada

LAX Los Angeles ⇄ SEA Seattle

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

Distance1,537 km955 mi830 nautical miles
LAX → SEA2 h 50 minestimated block time
SEA → LAX2 h 45 minestimated block time
Clock change±0 hSeattle vs Los Angeles, today
Great-circle route from Los Angeles (LAX) to Seattle (SEA)LAXLos AngelesSEASeattle
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 → SEA

2 h 50 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 349° (N).

Leave Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Seattle Sat 7 Nov, 12:50 local.

SEA → LAX

2 h 45 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 166° (SSE).

Leave Seattle Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 12:45 local.

The two directions differ by 5 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance1,537 km · 955 mi · 830 nmi
Initial heading349° (N) from LAX; 166° (SSE) from SEA
Farthest from the equator47.4°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip8% 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
SEAAmerica/Los_Angeles — UTC−7 now; UTC−8 standard time, UTC−7 during daylight saving time
DifferenceSeattle is on the same clock as Los Angeles today.

Jet lag, flying LAX → SEA. No time-zone change, so no jet lag from the clock — only the usual tiredness of travel.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

LAX Los Angeles International AirportLos Angeles, United States · longest runway 12,894 ft3,930 m SEA Seattle–Tacoma International AirportSeattle, United States · longest runway 11,901 ft3,627 m

More routes from LAX and SEA

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 SFOSEA San Francisco – Seattle 1,093 km679 mi · 2 h 20 min SEAANC Seattle – Anchorage 2,326 km1,445 mi · 3 h 50 min JFKSEA New York – Seattle 3,887 km2,415 mi · 5 h 55 min SEALHR Seattle – London 7,702 km4,786 mi · 9 h 25 min SEAAMS Seattle – Amsterdam 7,840 km4,872 mi · 9 h 40 min SINSEA Singapore – Seattle 12,979 km8,065 mi · 15 h

Routes of a similar length

JFKMCO New York – Orlando 1,521 km945 mi · 2 h 50 min ATLBOS Atlanta – Boston 1,521 km945 mi · 2 h 40 min SFODEN San Francisco – Denver 1,553 km965 mi · 2 h 40 min HNDOKA Tokyo – Okinawa (Naha) 1,555 km966 mi · 2 h 55 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).