Houston (IAH) to Los Angeles (LAX) distance
The great-circle distance from Houston to Los Angeles is 1,196 nm. Flights usually cover a little more because of airways, winds, and airspace.
Route facts
- From
Houston (IAH)- Time difference
- Los Angeles is 2 hours behind Houston
- Midpoint
- 32.49° N, 106.62° W
- Heading from IAH
- 287° west
- Heading from LAX
- 95° east
The route looks curved on a flat map because it follows a great circle, the shortest path on a sphere. Read why flight routes curve, or see IAH-LAX on the globe.
Related routes
- New York (JFK) to Los Angeles (LAX)2,146 nm
- Los Angeles (LAX) to San Francisco (SFO)293 nm
- Las Vegas (LAS) to Los Angeles (LAX)205 nm
- Los Angeles (LAX) to Chicago (ORD)1,513 nm
- Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Los Angeles (LAX)1,071 nm
- Atlanta (ATL) to Los Angeles (LAX)1,688 nm
- Denver (DEN) to Los Angeles (LAX)748 nm
- Los Angeles (LAX) to Seattle (SEA)830 nm
Distances use the haversine formula with a mean Earth radius of 6,371 km. Information is for reference, not navigation.