Where to Meet Halfway Between Bangkok and Los Angeles
The best meeting cities between Bangkok and Los Angeles, ranked by flying distance from both origins.
Bangkok (BKK) and Los Angeles (LAX) are 13,292 km apart in a straight line. The geographic midpoint sits near 52.13°, 158.67°, so an even split puts each traveler on a 6,646 km flight. In practice the better meeting city is the one whose flights actually arrive together — the list below starts from distance, and the search underneath it checks real schedules for your date.
Best cities to meet between Bangkok and Los Angeles
1. Oslo, Norway (OSL)
8,671 km / 8,580 kmA fjord-side capital, and the most practical gateway to Norway's dramatic coastline.
2. Gothenburg, Sweden (GOT)
8,635 km / 8,838 kmSweden's second city, a canal-lined west-coast port with an easier pace than Stockholm.
3. Stockholm, Sweden (ARN)
8,296 km / 8,863 kmA Nordic capital spread across fourteen islands, and a natural gateway to Scandinavia.
4. Düsseldorf, Germany (DUS)
9,097 km / 9,133 kmA compact business and fashion hub on the Rhine, with quick flight and rail links across Western Europe.
5. Copenhagen, Denmark (CPH)
8,637 km / 9,029 kmA compact, bike-first Scandinavian capital that works well as a northern European meeting point.
6. Hamburg, Germany (HAM)
8,836 km / 9,087 kmGermany's great port city, and a relaxed northern European meeting point built around water.
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Where is the halfway point between Bangkok and Los Angeles?
The geographic midpoint of the 13,292 km great-circle route between Bangkok (BKK) and Los Angeles (LAX) lies near 52.13°, 158.67° — an even split puts each traveler on a flight of about 6,646 km.
What is the best city to meet halfway between Bangkok and Los Angeles?
Oslo (OSL) is the featured meeting city with the shortest worst leg: about 8,671 km from Bangkok and 8,580 km from Los Angeles. A fjord-side capital, and the most practical gateway to Norway's dramatic coastline.
How do I find flights that arrive at the same time from Bangkok and Los Angeles?
Fly2Meet compares real departure schedules from both cities on a date you choose and ranks the flight pairs whose arrival times land closest together, so neither traveler waits long at the airport. It is free and needs no account.
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