LAX → HELLos Angeles to Helsinki

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Direct flights from Los Angeles (LAX) to Helsinki (HEL): 4 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 12 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 4 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 9,013 km, an estimated 12 hours 3 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Los Angeles and Helsinki. Updated 4 November 2026 at 14:41 UTC.

LAX Los Angeles smooth · +0
HEL Helsinki smooth · +0
9,013 km · ~12h 03m est.
departs 18:504x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 4x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100

route health from live LAX and HEL delay boards

Median arrival delay is +12 min. 0 of 4 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival+12 minacross the last 4 arrivals
Flight time~12h 03mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures4x1 direct airline on the leg

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
FinnairAY

Flights AY2 varies Tu Th Fr Su

History

operated legs · board outcomes
11-03AY2dep +61 → arr+11
11-01AY2dep +99 → arr+48
10-30AY2dep +52 → arr+12
10-28AY2arrived+1

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
LAXLos Angeles +0 min smooth 🌤 scattered clouds · ENE 3 kt Full LAX delay board →
HELHelsinki +0 min smooth 🌫 mostly cloudy · WSW 8 kt Full HEL delay board →

Weather lens

Conditions are tightest at LAX: a 33% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +6 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →

How the Los Angeles to Helsinki route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop LAX to HEL flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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LAX to HEL questions

Is LAX–HEL running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from LAX to HEL?

Great-circle distance is 9,013 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 666–803 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does LAX–HEL fly?

Finnair runs the route with about 4 flights a week (sun, tue, thu, fri). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at LAX and arrival-side delay at HEL, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.