Manila (MNL) to Los Angeles (LAX): 7,295 miles (11,740 km) great-circle, about 15h 05m nonstop by our estimate. Cheapest fare observed: $973 round-trip on EVA Air, with 1 stop, departing May 7, 2026.
$973 round-trip, EVA Air BR278, departing 2026-05-07 at 18:50, returning 2026-05-15. The recorded itinerary left on a Thursday, returning on a Friday 8 nights later; the fare was observed 12 days before departure. "Book this flight" opens Kiwi.com with the same airline and dates.
At $973, it ranked 28th of the 30 round-trip fares we recorded from MNL (median $265). That is 13.3 cents per great-circle mile (round-trip price over one-way distance), below the MNL median of 23.6 cents across 30 round-trip routes.
Routes from MNL of similar length: London (6,690 mi) at $886 and New York (8,510 mi) at $1208.
MNL to LAX is the only one of 30 MNL routes where EVA Air priced cheapest. It is the 2nd longest of the 30 routes we track from MNL.
Of 40 departure airports with a fare to Los Angeles, Manila (MNL) ranked 38th at $973. Lowest: $77 from Seattle (SEA); highest: $1224 from Sapporo (CTS); 11 nonstop. Cheapest-fare airlines (routes): Frontier (18), Spirit (5), Southwest (3), EVA Air (2), Fiji Airways (2) and WestJet (2), plus 8 more.
The reverse, Los Angeles (LAX) to Manila (MNL), was $1119 round-trip on Japan Airlines, 2 stops, departing July 10, 2026. Los Angeles to Manila flights.
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Travelpayouts fares (cheapest per route, observed April 25, 2026); OurAirports coordinates and elevations; IANA zones Asia/Manila, America/Los_Angeles; flight time is our estimate.