Route · LAX → SYD
Flights from Los Angeles to Sydney
The LAX–SYD corridor is one of the longest transpacific hops in scheduled service, covering roughly 12,060 km with a typical block time of just over fourteen hours southbound and slightly longer returning against prevailing winds. Qantas and United are the dominant players, with Qantas operating A380s and 787-9s out of LAX's Tom Bradley International Terminal, while United and American also hold meaningful frequency; Air New Zealand, Delta, and Virgin Australia round out the competitive field. The single most disorienting practical reality on this routing is the International Date Line: a daytime departure from Los Angeles typically lands in Sydney two calendar days later, so confirm your hotel check-in date carefully before booking onward connections. Fare-wise, seats tend to soften noticeably in the Australian shoulder seasons of April–May and September–October, while business-class award space on Qantas often opens closer to departure than its published policies suggest.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Los Angeles (LAX) → Sydney (SYD). Use the year… view to spot the cheapest week to fly, the day-of-week patterns most travellers miss, and any shoulder-season dips worth shifting your trip around. Prices refresh every few hours, so what you see is what your booking page should look like a moment later — click any date to jump straight to the fare on Aviasales.
Airlines on this route
8 carriersThe 8 carriers we currently track on the Los Angeles–Sydney route, from full-service flag carriers to low-cost competitors. Tap any airline for its full profile,… baggage rules, fleet context, and a live fare search pre-filtered to that carrier — useful if you're loyal to a frequent-flyer programme, want to compare onboard product on the same dates, or are weighing a cheaper one-stop against a pricier nonstop.
Flights from Los Angeles to Sydney
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Los Angeles to Sydney — the actual flight numbers, departure and arrival times… your booking page will pull from. Use it to plan around departure preferences (early morning vs late evening), see which carriers fly on which weekdays, or pick a connection that lets you sleep in your own bed before a long-haul leg. Click any row to load it directly in the search.
Airport guides
Quick links into the airport profiles at both ends of the route. Each guide covers terminal layout, the airlines that base hubs at LAX and… SYD, the other routes those airports serve, and the ground-transit options most travellers wish they'd read about before landing — the practical context you only really need to know once you've booked, but want to skim before you do.