There are 6 ways to get from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Taichung by plane, train, bus, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, train
best- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)plane LAX - TPE
- Take the train from 桃園 to 台中train
15h 2m$480–827Bus to Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, fly to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Los Angeles Airport, CA to Santa Barbara Airportbus
- Fly from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)plane SBA - TPE
- Take the train from 桃園 to 台中train
22h 37m$368–1,105Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Taichung Airport
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Taichung Airport (RMQ)plane LAX - RMQ
16h 51m$479–1,462Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Taipei Songshan Airport (TSA)plane LAX - TSA
- Take the train from 台北 to 台中train
17h 44m$540–1,510Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport, train
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Kao-Hsiung International Airport (KHH)plane LAX - KHH
- Take the train from 左營 to 台中train
18h 36m$384–1,064Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport, car ferry
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport (XMN)plane LAX - XMN
- Take the carferry from Xiamen Port to Taichung Harborcarferry
30h 9m$469–1,119
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Taichung is to fly and train which costs $480 - $850 and takes 15h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Taichung is to fly and train which takes 15h 2m and costs $480 - $850.
The distance between Los Angeles Airport (LAX) and Taichung is 11064 km.
It takes approximately 15h 2m to get from Los Angeles Airport (LAX) to Taichung, including transfers.
Taichung is 15h ahead of Los Angeles Airport (LAX). It is currently 12:18 PM in Los Angeles Airport (LAX) and 3:18 AM in Taichung.
There are 512+ hotels available in Taichung.
What companies run services between Los Angeles Airport (LAX), USA and Taichung, Taiwan?
Cathay Pacific, HK Express, and four other airlines fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Taichung Airport (RMQ) 4 times a day.
- Website
- cathaypacific.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Taichung Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
- Website
- evaair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–900
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 41m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $340–900
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,300
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
- Website
- starlux-airlines.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 7m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Taichung Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
- Website
- ana.co.jp
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport via Tokyo Haneda
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–5,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Tokyo Narita
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
- Website
- xiamenair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Taipei Songshan Airport via Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
Flights from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Taichung Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,500
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $440–1,400
- Website
- china-airlines.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
- Website
- hkexpress.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Taichung Airport via Hong Kong
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- jinair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Taichung Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,500
- Website
- philippineairlines.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Kao-Hsiung International Airport via Manila
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,000
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport via Hangzhou Xiaoshan
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,100
Train from 桃園 to 台中
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15–19
- Website
- thsrc.com
- Non-Reserved
- $15–18
- Standard
- $16–19
- Business
- $32
Train from 桃園 to 台中
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15–19
- Website
- thsrc.com
- Non-Reserved
- $15–18
- Standard
- $16–19
- Business
- $32
Train from 台北 to 台中
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–24
- Website
- thsrc.com
- Non-Reserved
- $20–23
- Standard
- $20–24
- Business
- $40
Train from 左營 to 台中
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $22–27
- Website
- thsrc.com
- Non-Reserved
- $22–26
- Standard
- $23–27
- Business
- $44
- Phone
- +1 800-470-8818
- [email protected]
- Website
- Central Coast Shuttle
Bus from Los Angeles Airport, CA to Santa Barbara Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–85
- Website
- Central Coast Shuttle
- one way non-prepaid
- $75–85
- One-way prepaid 48 hours advance
- $70–80
- Website
- coscotw.com.tw
Car ferry from Xiamen Port to Taichung Harbor
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Website
- http://www.coscotw.com.tw
- Standard
- $75–110
- Lux
- $85–130
- Deluxe
- $280–550
Want to know more about travelling around Taiwan
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Travelling to the US: What do I need to know?
Read the travel guide





