There are 7 ways to get from Los Angeles to Malawi by plane, train, shuttle, 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 Kamuzu International Airport
best- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Kamuzu International Airport (LLW)plane LAX - LLW
26h 23m$474–1,121Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Chileka International Airport
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Chileka International Airport (BLZ)plane LAX - BLZ
32h 6m$611–1,617Fly Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Chileka International Airport
- Fly from Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR) to Chileka International Airport (BLZ)plane BUR - BLZ
36h 44m$660–2,213Fly John Wayne Airport Orange County to Chileka International Airport
- Fly from John Wayne Airport Orange County (SNA) to Chileka International Airport (BLZ)plane SNA - BLZ
42h 54m$921–2,229Fly Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Kamuzu International Airport
- Fly from Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR) to Kamuzu International Airport (LLW)plane BUR - LLW
34h 51m$513–1,217Train to Ontario International Airport, fly to Chileka International Airport
- Take the train from Los Angeles to Ontario Amtraktrain
- Fly from Ontario International Airport (ONT) to Chileka International Airport (BLZ)plane ONT - BLZ
31h 46m$926–2,238Fly Los Angeles International Airport to Mbeya Airport, Private Transfer , bus
- Fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Mbeya Airport (MBI)plane LAX - MBI
- Take a shuttle bus from Mbeya Airport to Malawi border
- Take the bus from Songwe to Karongabus
46h 29m
Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Kamuzu International Airport (LLW) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Los Angeles to Malawi is to fly which costs $600 - $1,700 and takes 32h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Los Angeles to Malawi is to fly which takes 26h 23m and costs $470 - $1,200.
The distance between Los Angeles and Malawi is 16476 km.
It takes approximately 26h 23m to get from Los Angeles to Malawi, including transfers.
Malawi is 9h ahead of Los Angeles. It is currently 10:52 AM in Los Angeles and 7:52 PM in Malawi.
There are 41+ hotels available in Malawi.
What companies run services between Los Angeles, CA, USA and Malawi?
Virgin Atlantic, Kenya Airways, and six other airlines fly from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to Kamuzu International Airport (LLW) 3 times a day.
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via Istanbul, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via Cairo, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chileka International Airport via Rome, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chileka International Airport via Cairo, Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $800–1,900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chileka International Airport via Zurich, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chileka International Airport via Madrid, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chileka International Airport via Cairo, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–1,900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chileka International Airport via Istanbul, Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chileka International Airport via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chileka International Airport via Vienna, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Chileka International Airport via Denver, Rome, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,300
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Chileka International Airport via Denver, Istanbul, Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Chileka International Airport via Atlanta, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,200
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via Atlanta, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,800
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via Atlanta, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,200
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via Nashville, London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
Flights from Ontario International Airport to Chileka International Airport via Atlanta, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 39m
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,200
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chileka International Airport via Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–2,200
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chileka International Airport via Cairo, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–1,900
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Chileka International Airport via Vienna, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $650–2,000
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Chileka International Airport via Denver, Frankfurt, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 1m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Chileka International Airport via Washington Dulles, Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $900–2,200
- Website
- airtanzania.co.tz
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Mbeya Airport via Cairo, Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Mbeya Airport via Dubai, Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–2,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Mbeya Airport via Doha, Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Mbeya Airport via Istanbul, Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 42h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Mbeya Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Zanzibar, Dar es Salaam
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Chileka International Airport via Atlanta, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Chileka International Airport via Newark, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 53m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via Denver, Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 58m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via Nashville, London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
- Website
- kenya-airways.com
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,100
Flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via New York JFK, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,700
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via Denver, Frankfurt, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 58m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Burbank Bob Hope Airport to Kamuzu International Airport via Nashville, London Heathrow, Nairobi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
- Website
- flyairlink.com
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Chileka International Airport via Atlanta, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
Flights from John Wayne Airport Orange County to Chileka International Airport via Newark, Johannesburg
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 53m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,700
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- 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
- +254 718 370 639
- [email protected]
- Website
- hoteltoursandtransfers.com
Shuttle from Mbeya Airport to Malawi border
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $60–180
- Schedules at
- hoteltoursandtransfers.com
Bus from Songwe to Karonga
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- captaintours.websites.co.in
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