Where to Meet Halfway Between Lisbon and Los Angeles
The best meeting cities between Lisbon and Los Angeles, ranked by flying distance from both origins.
Lisbon (LIS) and Los Angeles (LAX) are 9,137 km apart in a straight line. The geographic midpoint sits near 51.80°, -66.28°, so an even split puts each traveler on a 4,568 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 Lisbon and Los Angeles
1. Montreal, Canada (YUL)
5,235 km / 3,973 kmCanada's most European city, and a comfortable transatlantic meeting point between Europe and North America.
2. New York, United States (JFK)
5,404 km / 3,974 kmA meeting point with direct long-haul connections in almost every direction.
3. Toronto, Canada (YYZ)
5,740 km / 3,494 kmCanada's largest city and a major transatlantic and transpacific connecting point.
4. Chicago, United States (ORD)
6,435 km / 2,802 kmA central US hub city, and a practical meeting point between the coasts.
5. Miami, United States (MIA)
6,677 km / 3,763 kmA subtropical gateway city between North America, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
6. Havana, Cuba (HAV)
7,025 km / 3,701 kmA time-capsule Caribbean capital, unlike anywhere else most travelers will have visited.
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Where is the halfway point between Lisbon and Los Angeles?
The geographic midpoint of the 9,137 km great-circle route between Lisbon (LIS) and Los Angeles (LAX) lies near 51.80°, -66.28° — an even split puts each traveler on a flight of about 4,568 km.
What is the best city to meet halfway between Lisbon and Los Angeles?
Montreal (YUL) is the featured meeting city with the shortest worst leg: about 5,235 km from Lisbon and 3,973 km from Los Angeles. Canada's most European city, and a comfortable transatlantic meeting point between Europe and North America.
How do I find flights that arrive at the same time from Lisbon 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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