Frankfurt, Germany to Los Angeles, USA: ICMP RTT latency measurements from the 2026-08-15T04:03:13Z round, including average, min/max, jitter, and packet loss.

🇩🇪 Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) → 🇺🇸 Los Angeles, USA (LAX)

Measurement round: 2026-08-15T04:03:13Z.

ICMP echo RTT from Frankfurt to Los Angeles in round 2026-08-15T04:03:13Z averaged 139.3 ms, with a 134.99 ms minimum, a 150.76 ms maximum, and no packet loss across all 50 samples.

That average sits 1.53x above the 91.31 ms fiber floor for the 9,324.5 km geodesic distance, so the path retains roughly 65.6% of direct-line efficiency; the extra time is consistent with the long-haul distance involved.

This route ranked 11th among Frankfurt's 19 outbound paths for the round. Its 3.42 ms standard deviation equals about 2.5% of the mean, tighter than the 3.08% median ratio across those 19 paths, meaning the mid-pack latency is delivered with better-than-typical sample-to-sample consistency.

Latency Summary

Metric	Value
RTT	139.3 ms
Jitter	2.77 ms
Packet Loss	0%
Standard Fiber Floor	91.31 ms
Fiber Efficiency	65.6%
Latency Tier	Good
Source Region	Europe
Destination Region	North America

Ping Measurement Series

The chart below renders the 50-sample ICMP echo measurement round for this route; an accessible table of every sample is included with the chart.

Ping series: FRA → LAX

50 ICMP echo samples at 100 ms intervals · round 2026-08-15T04:03:13Z · avg 139.3 ± 0.48 ms (SE)

Sample distribution: box = interquartile range (136.8–140.9 ms), median 138.0 ms · whiskers = min–max · diamond = round average · each dot is one measured sample.

How to read this chart

The shaded band spans the measured minimum to maximum RTT of all samples collected up to that point, and the thin line traces the running average. The final position therefore matches the round statistics exactly — the band only widens when a new extreme sample arrives.

The dashed line is the round average, and the shaded band at the bottom is the theoretical fiber-optic floor (91.3 ms) for this route.

Full 50-sample dataset

Seq	Offset (ms)	RTT (ms)
1	0	141.98
2	100	138.27
3	200	140.28
4	300	137.56
5	400	139.63
6	500	137.78
7	600	137.16
8	700	140.24
9	800	137.01
10	900	147.37
11	1000	145.23
12	1100	140.48
13	1200	136.81
14	1300	136.52
15	1400	136.76
16	1500	137.44
17	1600	137.77
18	1700	137.65
19	1800	142.57
20	1900	138.28
21	2000	145.87
22	2100	144.31
23	2200	141.03
24	2300	137.47
25	2400	138.67
26	2500	137.18
27	2600	136.41
28	2700	137.37
29	2800	136.15
30	2900	136.19
31	3000	139.52
32	3100	136.40
33	3200	140.47
34	3300	137.87
35	3400	135.91
36	3500	136.37
37	3600	135.27
38	3700	134.99
39	3800	135.85
40	3900	135.37
41	4000	142.03
42	4100	138.12
43	4200	138.84
44	4300	143.49
45	4400	141.06
46	4500	136.93
47	4600	140.64
48	4700	150.76
49	4800	145.23
50	4900	142.44

Download This Route's Data

This route's measurement round is published as open data (CC BY 4.0) in CSV, JSON, and YAML. See About This Measurement for citation guidance.

Download this dataset

Per-route ICMP ping series, released under CC BY 4.0. Uncompressed plain text — no decompression step needed.

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Theoretical Fiber Latency

The public physical reference uses the GeoNames city centres for Frankfurt am Main (50.11552, 8.68417) and Los Angeles (34.05223, -118.24368). It does not disclose either facility address.

Physical Reference	Value
WGS-84 geodesic distance	9,324.5 km
Vacuum RTT floor	62.21 ms
Standard fiber RTT floor ( $n_g=1.4679$ )	91.31 ms
Low-latency fiber material floor	90.95 ms
Engineering floor (5% path allowance)	95.89 ms
Research 1.33× mapped-fiber reference	121.45 ms
Estimated unamplified path loss	1958.1 dB
Transparent optical spans / inline amplifiers	123 / 122
Published RTT inflation over fiber floor	1.53×

Attenuation is used to estimate the number of 80 km optical spans; it does not directly slow light. See the full theoretical fiber latency, GeoNames, attenuation, and amplifier methodology.

Stability & Trend

The current measurement round (2026-08-15T04:03:13Z) collected 50 ICMP echo samples on this route. Distribution statistics from that round:

Round Statistic	Value
Minimum RTT	134.99 ms
Average RTT	139.3 ms
Maximum RTT	150.76 ms
Standard deviation	3.42 ms
Stdev / average	2.5%

RTT trend

Estimated route stability across the selected time window.

Average: 139.6 ms
Minimum: 138.7 ms
Maximum: 140.6 ms
Average loss: 0.03%

Route Context

Departure PoP: Frankfurt (FRA)
Destination PoP: Los Angeles (LAX)
Region overview: Europe → North America
Corridor overview: Europe to North America
Full global matrix: Backbone Latency Matrix
Physical methodology: Theoretical Fiber Latency

Reverse direction

Los Angeles to Frankfurt latency and RTT — 138.9 ms

Fastest routes departing Frankfurt (FRA)

Frankfurt to Amsterdam latency and RTT — 5.9 ms
Frankfurt to Berlin latency and RTT — 6.1 ms
Frankfurt to Paris latency and RTT — 7.6 ms
Frankfurt to London latency and RTT — 12.6 ms
Frankfurt to Marseille latency and RTT — 17.2 ms

Fastest routes arriving at Los Angeles (LAX)

Seattle to Los Angeles latency and RTT — 26.6 ms
Miami to Los Angeles latency and RTT — 56.8 ms
New York to Los Angeles latency and RTT — 58 ms
Ashburn to Los Angeles latency and RTT — 60 ms
Tokyo to Los Angeles latency and RTT — 101.5 ms

Same corridor (Europe → North America)

London to New York latency and RTT — 63.5 ms
Amsterdam to New York latency and RTT — 68.2 ms
Paris to New York latency and RTT — 68.6 ms

About This Measurement

Published RTT reflects best-case backbone path behavior measured with ICMP echo probes between PoPs. End-user latency also depends on local access networks, congestion, routing policy, and traffic engineering. None of these values is an SLA.

The measurement round behind this page is published as open data under CC BY 4.0 in the Hats Network latency dataset. Per-pair files are available at /opendata/latency/latest/pairs/fra-lax.pings.{csv,json,yaml}. When citing, include the route, the measurement round timestamp, and the dataset version — for example: "Hats Network latency dataset, Frankfurt → Los Angeles round 2026-08-15T04:03:13Z, CC BY 4.0".

Data auto-generated on August 15, 2026. Explore the full interactive latency matrix or browse more city-pair routes.

Frankfurt, Germany → Los Angeles, USA RTT