Los Angeles (LAX) to San Francisco (SFO) distance
The great-circle distance from Los Angeles to San Francisco is 293 nm. Flights usually cover a little more because of airways, winds, and airspace.
Route facts
- Time difference
- San Francisco and Los Angeles are on the same time
- Midpoint
- 35.80° N, 120.35° W
- Heading from LAX
- 320° northwest
- Heading from SFO
- 138° southeast
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 LAX-SFO on the globe.
Related routes
New York (JFK) to Los Angeles (LAX)2,146 nm- Las Vegas (LAS) to Los Angeles (LAX)205 nm
- New York (JFK) to San Francisco (SFO)2,242 nm
- Los Angeles (LAX) to Chicago (ORD)1,513 nm
- Chicago (ORD) to San Francisco (SFO)1,600 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
Distances use the haversine formula with a mean Earth radius of 6,371 km. Information is for reference, not navigation.