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Distance between Albuquerque and Los Angeles

Driving non-stop from Albuquerque to Los Angeles

How far is Los Angeles from Albuquerque? Here's the quick answer if you don't sleep at all, or you have a friend with you so each person can drive some of the way, letting you make the entire trip by car without stopping.

Nonstop drive: 787 miles or 1267 km

Driving time: 11 hours, 33 minutes

This is a pretty long drive, so it's not very realistic to drive nonstop. To get a better idea of how long this road trip would really be, scroll down to calculate how many hours it would take if you drive with stops.


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Flying non-stop from Albuquerque to Los Angeles

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Albuquerque, New Mexico and Los Angeles, California. Because of the curvature of the Earth, the shortest distance is actually the "great circle" distance, or "as the crow flies" which is calculated using an iterative Vincenty formula. For a long distance, this appears as a curve on the map, and this is often the route that commercial airlines will take so it's a good estimate of the frequent flyer miles you'll accumulate as well.

Flight distance: 664 miles or 1069 km

Flight time: 1 hour, 36 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 123 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.2x of the flight distance.

Your plane flies much faster than a car, so the flight time is about 1/6th of the time it would take to drive.

This is a medium length flight, so unless you have a nice private jet, you might be booking a commercial flight. In that case, your travel time would really need to include how many minutes to get to your local airport, wait for security, board and taxi on the runway, land at the other airport, and get to your destination. Scroll down to see a more realistic calculation that takes into account all these factors to get a more accurate estimate of your actual flight time.





Albuquerque to Los Angeles road trip

Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Los Angeles, and you want to stop along the way to rest. If it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting stops along the way, eat at great restaurants, and maybe even find a hotel to stay overnight. That's what Trippy is perfect for, helping you figure out travel plans in detail.

Based on the length of this trip, we think you could spread out this fun road trip over more than one day.

Road trip: 2 days of driving

With the full itinerary planned out, we can estimate your total travel time for this trip.

Travel time: 13 hours on the road with 1 overnight


Itinerary

Start in Albuquerque.

Drive for about 1 hour, then stop in Grants (New Mexico) and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 2.5 hours then stop in Petrified Forest National Park and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 54 minutes then stop in Winslow (Arizona). Stay overnight.

The next day, drive for about 3 hours, then stop in Kingman and stay for about 1 hour. Next, drive for another 56 minutes then stop in Needles (California) and stay for 1 hour. Drive for 2 hours then stop at Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA and stay for 1 hour.

Finally, drive for about 2.5 hours and arrive in Los Angeles.


To see all the details on this itinerary, including recommended restaurants, hotels, and things to do along the way, check out the full road trip planner:





Albuquerque to Los Angeles airports and flights

In the quick calculation above, we assumed you had a private plane and just wanted to know the time in the air from city to city. But for most of us, we're going to be flying on a commercial airline (whether it's first class or coach). So that means we really need to account for all the extra travel time getting to the airport, waiting for our flight, and making it to the destination.

To give you a better estimate of real-life travel, we've put together a flight itinerary with actual airports. Eventually you'll be able to customize this plan, choosing your own airports and flights. But for now, here's an example we've selected to give you an idea of how traveling might work between airports.

Departure airport: Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ)

Arrival airport: Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)

With the airports selected, we can estimate the travel time to and from the airport, based on how far the airport is from downtown.

Getting to the airport: 12 minutes

Getting to your destination: 36 minutes

Now finally, let's look at an actual flight from ABQ to LAX on Southwest Airlines and figure out how long it would take to fly including take-off and landing, and time to taxi on the runway.

Commercial flight time: 1 hour, 56 minutes

So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Albuquerque to Los Angeles including time spent getting to/from the airports, an estimated wait time of 2 hours at the airport for TSA security lines and waiting at the gate, and the actual flight itself.

Total travel time: 5 hours


To see the details on this flight plan, including recommended airports, airline, and route, check out the flight planner:





Plan a trip to Los Angeles

Trippy has a ton of information that can help you plan your trip to Los Angeles, California. Start by reading the Trippy page on where to stay in Los Angeles, or find out how many days in Los Angeles to visit. If you're looking for a place to stay, you might want to check out Shutters On the Beach. A great place to eat might be Gjelina. Trippy members can suggest things to do in Los Angeles like Santa Monica Pier. Check out some of the questions people have asked about Los Angeles like Where are the top 5 places to see a celebrity in L.A.?. Click the button below to explore Los Angeles in detail.





How far is it the other way?

The distance is the same either way if you're flying a straight line (or driving the same roads back and forth). But for a real trip, there can be plenty of differences so go ahead and check the reverse directions to get the distance from Los Angeles to Albuquerque, or go to the main page to calculate the distance between cities.

If you happen to know Albuquerque, don't forget to help other travelers and answer some questions about Albuquerque!





At a Glance
without making any stops
total driving distance is 787 miles
driving time of 11 hours, 33 minutes
flight distance is 664 miles
flight time of 1 hour, 36 minutes
Los Angeles is 1 hour behind Albuquerque
117 Albuquerque travel answers
648 Los Angeles travel answers








   
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