Airlines Flying to Tahiti and the South Pacific From LAX

Finding flights to Tahiti and other areas of the South Pacific from the mainland USA is as easy as getting to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and making a connection to one of the several international carriers that fly to Tahiti, Fiji, the Cook Islands and even more far-flung destinations. Other carriers offer connections via Honolulu, Hawaii. 

Flight times range from just over eight hours to almost 12. But given these airlines' modern fleets and in-flight entertainment, it will seem like no time before you are checking in to your romantic overwater bungalow in Tahiti or luxury bure in Fiji.

Tahiti's national carrier, Air Tahiti Nui, operates several eight-hour nonstop flights daily from LAX to Faaa International Airport in Papeete (PPT) on the main island of Tahiti. The airline also flies a daily nonstop 10.5-hour flight between Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) in Paris and LAX. Air Tahiti Nui also flies from Papeete to Sydney, Australia, and Auckland, New Zealand at least once a week.

Air France operates both eight-hour nonstop flights from LAX to Papeete several times a week and 10.5-hour non-stops from Paris (CDG) to LAX. The airline also flies to Noumea (NOU) in New Caledonia from Paris (CDG) via Tokyo.

Air New Zealand, New Zealand's flagship carrier offers a weekly 9.5-hour nonstop to Rarotonga (RAR) in the Cook Islands, with a continuation on to Auckland, New Zealand (AKL).

Fiji's national carrier, Air Pacific, operates daily 11.5-hour nonstop flights from LAX to Nadi International Airport (NAD) in Fiji and weekly service from Honolulu International Airport (HNL) to Nadi. From Nadi, Air Pacific also services Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane), New Zealand (Auckland and Christchurch), Samoa, Tonga, Kiribati, Vanuatu, Tuvalu, and Hong Kong.

Honolulu-based Hawaiian Airlines flies several nonstops weekly to Pago Pago (PPG) in Samoa and one per week to Papeete (PPT) in Tahiti.

United Airlines flies numerous daily flights from its U.S. hubs in Newark (EWR) and Houston (IAH) to Honolulu (HNL), where there are connecting flights to Guam (GUM), its hub in the South Pacific. From there, United flies to a variety of destinations in Micronesia (such as Yap, Palau, Saipan, and Truk) as well as Nadi (NAD) in Fiji. United also flies nonstop from Honolulu (HHL) to Nadi (NAD) in Fiji.

Edited by John Fischer