Distance from Hong Kong to Los Angeles
The great-circle distance between Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Los Angeles, United States is 11,652 km (7,240 mi · 6,292 nmi) — the shortest possible route over the Earth's surface, the path aircraft approximately follow.
The numbers
- Great-circle distance
- 11,652 km · 7,240 mi · 6,292 nmi
- Initial bearing Hong Kong → Los Angeles
- 43° (NE)
- Initial bearing Los Angeles → Hong Kong
- 311° (NW)
- Nonstop flight (rough estimate)
- ≈ 14 h 22 min
- Time zones
- Hong Kong UTC+08:00 · Los Angeles UTC-07:00 (-15 h)
- Sunrise gap today
- 912 min — the sun rises earlier in Hong Kong
Flight time is a cruise-speed approximation (no routing/wind); driving distance depends on roads and is typically 20–40% longer than great-circle.
The two cities
- Hong Kong
- 22.2783, 114.1747
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 21:59 UTC / 11:01 UTC
- Los Angeles
- 34.0522, -118.2437
- Sunrise / sunset today
- 13:10 UTC / 02:49 UTC
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Distances here are straight-line (great-circle). Road routes typically run 1.2–1.4× longer — here's why, with the visual.