The distance from New York, New York to Los Angeles, California is:
2,789 miles / 4 488 km driving
2,451 miles / 3 944 km flying
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Distance from New York, NY to Los Angeles, CA
The total driving distance from New York, NY to Los Angeles, CA is 2,789 miles or 4 488 kilometers.
The total straight line flight distance from New York, NY to Los Angeles, CA is 2,451 miles.
This is equivalent to 3 944 kilometers or 2,130 nautical miles.
Your trip begins in New York, New York. It ends in Los Angeles, California.
Your flight direction from New York, NY to Los Angeles, CA is West (-86 degrees from North).
The distance calculator helps you figure out how far it is to get from New York, NY to Los Angeles, CA. It does this by computing the straight line flying distance ("as the crow flies") and the driving distance if the route is drivable. It uses all this data to compute the total travel mileage.
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