Where to Meet Halfway Between Los Angeles and Riga
The best meeting cities between Los Angeles and Riga, ranked by flying distance from both origins.
Los Angeles (LAX) and Riga (RIX) are 9,310 km apart in a straight line. The geographic midpoint sits near 69.63°, -78.43°, so an even split puts each traveler on a 4,655 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 Los Angeles and Riga
1. Montreal, Canada (YUL)
3,973 km / 6,328 kmCanada's most European city, and a comfortable transatlantic meeting point between Europe and North America.
2. New York, United States (JFK)
3,974 km / 6,746 kmA meeting point with direct long-haul connections in almost every direction.
3. Toronto, Canada (YYZ)
3,494 km / 6,775 kmCanada's largest city and a major transatlantic and transpacific connecting point.
4. Reykjavik, Iceland (KEF)
6,926 km / 2,605 kmA small, dramatic capital that doubles as a convenient stopover between North America and Europe.
5. Chicago, United States (ORD)
2,802 km / 7,321 kmA central US hub city, and a practical meeting point between the coasts.
6. Tokyo, Japan (HND)
8,812 km / 8,107 kmAn extraordinarily efficient, safe, and easy city to navigate once you understand the rail map.
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Where is the halfway point between Los Angeles and Riga?
The geographic midpoint of the 9,310 km great-circle route between Los Angeles (LAX) and Riga (RIX) lies near 69.63°, -78.43° — an even split puts each traveler on a flight of about 4,655 km.
What is the best city to meet halfway between Los Angeles and Riga?
Montreal (YUL) is the featured meeting city with the shortest worst leg: about 3,973 km from Los Angeles and 6,328 km from Riga. 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 Los Angeles and Riga?
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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More on both ends of this trip: Los Angeles guide · Riga guide · all meeting-point pages