There are 7 ways to get from Nanjing to Los Angeles by plane, train, or bus
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Fly Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
best- Fly from Nanjing Lukou International Airport (NKG) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane NKG - LAX
18h 20m$279–916Train to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
- Take the train from Nanjing South to Shanghai Hongqiaotrain
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane PVG - LAX
18h 28m$451–708Fly Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Ontario International Airport, train
- Fly from Nanjing Lukou International Airport (NKG) to Ontario International Airport (ONT)plane NKG - ONT
- Take the train from Rancho Cucamonga to L.A. Union Stationtrain
23h 17m$302–817Train to Shanghai Pudong International Airport, fly to Burbank Bob Hope Airport
- Take the train from Nanjing South to Shanghai Hongqiaotrain
- Fly from Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) to Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)plane PVG - BUR
20h 45m$326–897Fly Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport
- Fly from Nanjing Lukou International Airport (NKG) to Burbank Bob Hope Airport (BUR)plane NKG - BUR
20h 52m$454–1,505Train, bus to Hefei Xinqiao International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
- Take the train from Nanjing South to Hefeitrain
- Take the bus from City Center Terminal to Hefei Xinqiao Airportbus
- Fly from Hefei Xinqiao International Airport (HFE) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane HFE - LAX
24h 27m$285–734Train to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, fly to Los Angeles International Airport
- Take the train from Nanjing South to Hangzhou Easttrain
- Fly from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (HGH) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)plane HGH - LAX
19h 27m$323–1,145
Nanjing Lukou International Airport (NKG) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Nanjing to Los Angeles is to train and bus and fly which costs $280 - $750 and takes 24h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Nanjing to Los Angeles is to fly which takes 18h 20m and costs $270 - $950.
The distance between Nanjing and Los Angeles is 6650 miles.
It takes approximately 18h 20m to get from Nanjing to Los Angeles, including transfers.
Los Angeles is 16h behind Nanjing. It is currently 8:44 PM in Nanjing and 4:44 AM in Los Angeles.
There are 3398+ hotels available in Los Angeles.
What companies run services between Nanjing, China and Los Angeles, CA, USA?
Korean Air, China Eastern Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Nanjing Lukou International Airport (NKG) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) every 4 hours.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Incheon, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Shanghai Pudong International Airport, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 9m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $290–800
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Osaka Kansai, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 33m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Incheon, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Shanghai Pudong International Airport, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,500
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Osaka Kansai, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 8m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Osaka Kansai, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
- Website
- aircanada.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–750
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Incheon, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 6m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Shanghai Pudong International Airport, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 9m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $290–800
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Osaka Kansai, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 33m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–850
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Vancouver, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Incheon, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 39m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,500
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Osaka Kansai, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 8m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,500
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Osaka Kansai, Vancouver
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 16m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,100
- Website
- flyasiana.com
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Incheon, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Hefei Xinqiao International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from Hefei Xinqiao International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Incheon, San Francisco
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
- Website
- koreanair.com
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Hefei Xinqiao International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
Flights from Hefei Xinqiao International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Incheon, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 27m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,000
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Incheon
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–900
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 44m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–750
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Shanghai Pudong International Airport, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 52m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Hefei Xinqiao International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 34m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Osaka Kansai, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 17m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Osaka Kansai, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 13m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,200
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Osaka Kansai, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 17m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–550
Flights from Hefei Xinqiao International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Shanghai Pudong International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–700
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Ontario International Airport via Incheon, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,200
Flights from Nanjing Lukou International Airport to Burbank Bob Hope Airport via Incheon, Las Vegas
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
- Website
- jal.com
Flights from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport via Osaka Kansai
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,200
Train from Nanjing South to Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $19–21
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- $19–21
- 1st Class Seat
- $31–35
- Business Class Seat
- $45–65
Train from Nanjing South to Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $19–21
- Schedules at
- 12306.cn
- Book at
- 12306.cn
- 2nd Class Seat
- $19–21
- 1st Class Seat
- $31–35
- Business Class Seat
- $45–65
Train from Nanjing South to Hefei
- 2nd Class Seat
- $10–12
- 1st Class Seat
- $17–19
- Business Class Seat
- $24–35
Train from Nanjing South to Hangzhou East
- 2nd Class Seat
- $17–19
- 1st Class Seat
- $28–31
- Business Class Seat
- $40–60
Train from Nanjing South to Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $15–22
- Adult - 1st Class
- $23–35
Train from Nanjing South to Shanghai Hongqiao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $15–22
- Adult - 1st Class
- $23–35
Train from Nanjing South to Hangzhou East
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–29
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- $14–20
- Adult - 1st Class
- $21–29
- Phone
- (800) 371-LINK (5465)
- Website
- Metrolink Trains
Train from Rancho Cucamonga to L.A. Union Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- Metrolink Trains
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