Los Angeles (LAX) to Sydney (SYD) distance
The great-circle distance from Los Angeles to Sydney is 6,512 nm. Flights usually cover a little more because of airways, winds, and airspace.
Route facts
- Time difference
- Sydney is 19 hours ahead of Los Angeles
- Midpoint
- 0.00° S, 163.61° W
- Heading from LAX
- 241° southwest
- Heading from SYD
- 61° northeast
Sydney (SYD)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-SYD 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.