New York (LGA) to Lagos (LOS): 5,253 miles (8,453 km) great-circle, about 11h 00m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $1619 round-trip on Virgin Atlantic, with 1 stop, departing June 10, 2026.
$1619 round-trip, Virgin Atlantic VS5283, departing 2026-06-10 at 13:59, returning 2026-06-27. The recorded itinerary left on a Wednesday, returning on a Saturday 17 nights later; the fare was observed 46 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $1619, it ranked 27th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from LGA (median $323). That is 30.8 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), above the LGA median of 17.6 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from LGA of similar length: Istanbul (4,985 mi) at $998 and Tbilisi (5,576 mi) at $991.
LGA to LOS is the only one of 30 LGA routes where Virgin Atlantic priced cheapest. It is the 6th longest of the 30 routes we track from LGA.
Of 15 departure airports with a fare to Lagos, New York (LGA) ranked 14th at $1619. Lowest: $738 from Dubai (DXB); highest: $1746 from Austin (AUS); 0 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Qatar (5), Turkish (3), Virgin Atlantic (2), airline 4Y (1), American Airlines (1) and Frontier (1), plus 2 more.
The reverse, Lagos (LOS) to New York (NYC), was $1252 round-trip on Egyptair, 1 stop, departing July 18, 2026. Lagos to New York flights.
Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones America/New_York, Africa/Lagos; flight time is our estimate.