New York to Los Angeles sea distance

New York, United States (USNYC) to Los Angeles, United States (USLAX) is 4,943 nautical miles (9,154 km) by sea, via the Panama Canal.

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Distance and sailing time

Time at sea only, excluding port calls, canal waiting and weather.

Passages

• Panama Canal

Emissions estimate

Rough estimate for a post-Panamax container ship, not a certified figure. ECA share uses bounding boxes.

Compute it yourself

import { seaRoute } from 'searoute-ts';
import 'searoute-ts/ports';

const route = seaRoute('USNYC', 'USLAX', { vesselDraftMeters: 14 });
console.log(route.properties.length); // 4,943 nm

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Reverse direction: Los Angeles to New York · 4,943 nm

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• Houston to Los Angeles · 4,496 nm
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• Yokohama to Los Angeles · 4,938 nm
• Busan to Los Angeles · 5,471 nm
• Auckland to Los Angeles · 5,792 nm
• Shanghai to Los Angeles · 5,888 nm

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