Los Angeles to Taipei (LAX–TPE): distance and flight time

Flight time each way

LAX → TPE

14 h 40 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 308° (NW).

Leave Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Taipei Sun 8 Nov, 16:40 local +1 day.

TPE → LAX

12 h 25 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 46° (NE).

Leave Taipei Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 06:25 local.

TPE-bound flights are the slower direction by about 135 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	10,922 km · 6,787 mi · 5,898 nmi
Initial heading	308° (NW) from LAX; 46° (NE) from TPE
Farthest from the equator	49.1°N — the path arcs north of both airports
Crosses	the 180th meridian (International Date Line area)
Share of the longest possible trip	55% 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
TPE	Asia/Taipei — UTC+8 now; UTC+8 all year (no daylight saving time)
Difference	Taipei 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 → TPE. 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

TPE Taiwan Taoyuan International AirportTaipei, Taiwan · longest runway 12,008 ft3,660 m

More routes from LAX and TPE

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 HKGTPE Hong Kong – Taipei 806 km501 mi · 1 h 55 min ICNTPE Seoul – Taipei 1,464 km909 mi · 2 h 45 min TPEHND Taipei – Tokyo 2,122 km1,319 mi · 3 h 20 min TPENRT Taipei – Tokyo 2,181 km1,355 mi · 3 h 20 min SFOTPE San Francisco – Taipei 10,391 km6,457 mi · 14 h JFKTPE New York – Taipei 12,545 km7,795 mi · 15 h 35 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRSIN London – Singapore 10,883 km6,762 mi · 12 h 40 min JFKHND New York – Tokyo 10,875 km6,758 mi · 13 h 55 min JFKPEK New York – Beijing 10,979 km6,822 mi · 13 h 40 min DFWICN Dallas–Fort Worth – Seoul 10,987 km6,827 mi · 14 h 20 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 ⇄ TPE Taipei