There are 7 ways to get from Los Angeles to Lusaka by plane, train, or bus
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 Lusaka
best- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Lusaka (LUN)plane LAX - LUN
28h 4m$468–1,853Fly John Wayne Airport Orange County to Lusaka
- Fly from John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA) to Lusaka (LUN)plane SNA - LUN
34h 17m$748–1,865Train to San Diego International Airport, fly to Lusaka
- Take the train from Los Angeles to San Diego Old Town Transportation Centertrain
- Fly from San Diego International Airport (SAN) to Lusaka (LUN)plane SAN - LUN
34h 44m$518–1,945Train to Ontario International Airport, fly to Lusaka
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Ontario Amtraktrain
- Fly from Ontario International Airport (ONT) to Lusaka (LUN)plane ONT - LUN
31h 59m$803–1,974Fly Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Lusaka
- Fly from Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR) to Lusaka (LUN)plane BUR - LUN
40h 12m$687–1,749Bus to Palm Springs International Airport, fly to Lusaka
- Take the bus from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Palm Springs Airport Amtrak Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Palm Springs International Airport (PSP) to Lusaka (LUN)plane PSP - LUN
41h 28mFly Los Angeles International Airport to Victoria Falls Airport, bus
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Victoria Falls Airport (VFA)plane LAX - VFA
- Take the bus from Livingstone to Intercity Bus Terminalbus
42h 25m$544–1,753
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Lusaka (LUN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Los Angeles to Lusaka is to fly which costs $460 - $1,900 and takes 28h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Los Angeles to Lusaka is to fly which takes 28h 4m and costs $460 - $1,900.
The distance between Los Angeles and Lusaka is 16151 km.
It takes approximately 28h 4m to get from Los Angeles to Lusaka, including transfers.
Lusaka is 9h ahead of Los Angeles. It is currently 7:04 AM in Los Angeles and 4:04 PM in Lusaka.
There are 381+ hotels available in Lusaka.
What companies run services between Los Angeles, CA, USA and Lusaka, Zambia?
Qatar Airways, Virgin Atlantic, and three other airlines fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Lusaka (LUN) twice daily.
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Lusaka via Newark, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Lusaka via Chicago O'Hare, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,800
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Lusaka via Washington Dulles, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Lusaka via Newark, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Lusaka via Atlanta, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,900
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Lusaka via Atlanta, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Lusaka via Washington Dulles, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 38h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,900
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Lusaka via Atlanta, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,900
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Lusaka via Toronto, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 39h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,900
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Lusaka via Newark, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Lusaka via Atlanta, Johannesburg, Harare
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Vienna, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Lusaka via Atlanta, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Lusaka via Atlanta, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Lusaka via Denver, Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 8m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Lusaka via Atlanta, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Cairo, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,600
- Website
- rwandair.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lusaka via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lusaka via London Heathrow, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,700
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Lusaka via Denver, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Lusaka via Denver, London Heathrow, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Lusaka via London Heathrow, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,800
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Lusaka via Denver, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Lusaka via Denver, London Heathrow, Kigali
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lusaka via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,800
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Lusaka via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Lusaka via Denver, Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 8m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Cairo, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Lusaka via Newark, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from San Diego International Airport to Lusaka via Newark, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Lusaka via Newark, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 46h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Lusaka via Atlanta, Johannesburg, Harare
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
- Website
- flyairlink.com
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Lusaka via Atlanta, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Lusaka via Atlanta, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 24m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Palm Springs International Airport to Lusaka via Atlanta, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Munich, Windhoek
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Lusaka via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Cairo, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Victoria Falls Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Lusaka via Newark, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to San Diego Old Town Transportation Center
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from Los Angeles to Ontario Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Bus from Fullerton Amtrak Station to Palm Springs Airport Amtrak Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- Amtrak
- Phone
- +260 974333673
- Website
- jondabustours.com
Bus from Livingstone to Intercity Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20
- Schedules at
- jondabustours.com
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