How long is Pasadena from LA?

Now let's assume you have a private jet and you can fly in the fastest possible straight line between Los Angeles, California and Pasadena, California. Because of the curvature of the Earth, the shortest distance is actually the "great circle" distance, or "as the crow flies" which is calculated using an iterative Vincenty formula.

Flight distance: 9 miles or 14 km

Flight time: 3 minutes

The straight line flight distance is 2 miles less than driving on roads, which means the driving distance is roughly 1.3x of the flight distance.

Your plane flies much faster than a car, so the flight time is about 1/4th of the time it would take to drive.

This is a relatively short flight in a private plane, but you might be planning to book a commercial flight. In that case, your travel time would really need to include how many minutes to get to your local airport, wait for security, board and taxi on the runway, land at the other airport, and get to your destination.

Los Angeles to Pasadena road trip

Let's say you're actually planning a road trip to Pasadena, and you want to stop on the way to explore. If it's a real road trip, you might want to check out interesting places along the way, or maybe eat at a great restaurant. That's what Trippy is perfect for, helping you figure out travel plans in detail.

Road trip: 1 day of driving

With the full itinerary planned out, we can estimate your total travel time for this trip.

Travel time: 1 hour on the road


Itinerary

Start in Los Angeles.


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The driving time from Pasadena, California to Los Angeles, California is:

20 minutes

Average driving speed: 32.7 mph
Kilometers per hour: 52.7 km/h
This is based on typical traffic conditions for this route.

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Map of driving directions from Pasadena, CA to Los Angeles, CA

View a map with driving directions using your preferred map provider: Google Maps, Bing Maps, or MapQuest. You can use DriveDistance.com to find out how far is it to drive from Pasadena to Los Angeles with full directions.


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How long is the drive from Pasadena, CA to Los Angeles, CA? The total driving time is 20 minutes.

Your trip begins in Pasadena, California. It ends in Los Angeles, California.

If you're planning a road trip, you might be interested in seeing the total driving distance from Pasadena, CA to Los Angeles, CA.

You can also calculate the cost to drive from Pasadena, CA to Los Angeles, CA based on current local gas prices and an estimate of your car's best gas mileage.

If you're meeting a friend, you might be interested in finding the city that is halfway between Pasadena, CA and Los Angeles, CA.

Planning to fly a plane instead? You might be more interested in calculating the flight time from Pasadena, CA to Los Angeles, CA.




Driving time calculator

Travelmath helps you find the driving time based on actual directions for your road trip. You can find out how long it will take to drive between any two cities, airports, states, countries, or zip codes. This can also help you plan the best route to travel to your destination. Compare the results with the flight time calculator to see how much longer it might take to drive the distance instead of flying. You can also print out pages with a travel map.

The distance from Pasadena, California to Los Angeles, California is:

11 miles / 18 km driving9 miles / 14 km flying

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Distance from Pasadena, CA to Los Angeles, CA

The total driving distance from Pasadena, CA to Los Angeles, CA is 11 miles or 18 kilometers.

The total straight line flight distance from Pasadena, CA to Los Angeles, CA is 9 miles.

This is equivalent to 14 kilometers or 8 nautical miles.

Your trip begins in Pasadena, California. It ends in Los Angeles, California.

Your flight direction from Pasadena, CA to Los Angeles, CA is Southwest (-139 degrees from North).

The distance calculator helps you figure out how far it is to get from Pasadena, CA to Los Angeles, CA. It does this by computing the straight line flying distance ("as the crow flies") and the driving distance if the route is drivable. It uses all this data to compute the total travel mileage.




Distance calculator

Travelmath helps you find distances based on actual road trip directions, or the straight line flight distance. You can get the distance between cities, airports, states, countries, or zip codes to figure out the best route to travel to your destination. Compare the results to the straight line distance to determine whether it's better to drive or fly. The database uses the latitude and longitude of each location to calculate distance using the great circle distance formula. The calculation is done using the Vincenty algorithm and the WGS84 ellipsoid model of the Earth, which is the same one used by most GPS receivers. This gives you the flying distance "as the crow flies." Find your flight distances quickly to estimate the number of frequent flyer miles you'll accumulate. Or ask how far is it between cities to solve your homework problems. You can lookup U.S. cities, or expand your search to get the world distance for international trips. You can also print out pages with a travel map.

How long is the drive to Pasadena to Los Angeles?

How long is the drive from Pasadena, CA to Los Angeles, CA? The total driving time is 20 minutes.

Is Pasadena a suburb of Los Angeles?

Nestled in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains is the bustling city of Pasadena. While some call it a suburb of Los Angeles, it is a city in its own right brimming with Southern California charm.

Why is Pasadena so famous?

The land now famous for the Tournament of Roses, the Rose Bowl, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and California Institute of Technology, was once occupied by the Hahamogna Tribe of Native Americans.

Is Pasadena California wealthy?

Pasadena now ranks second among California's 50 largest cities in terms of the concentration of income among the wealthiest residents and the gap between the richest and poorest households, says the report co-authored by Occidental's Peter Dreier and Mark Maier of Glendale Community College.