Los Angeles to Frankfurt Latency, Ping & RTT | AS203314
Los Angeles to Frankfurt ping and RTT: 138.5 ms, 0.8 ms jitter, 91.31 ms fiber floor, and 65.9% efficiency across AS203314. Updated 2026-07-19.
🇺🇸 This page compares the published ping and round-trip time (RTT) from Los Angeles (LAX) to 🇩🇪 Frankfurt (FRA) with vacuum and optical-fiber physical limits.
Latency Summary
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| RTT | 138.5 ms |
| Jitter | 0.8 ms |
| Packet Loss | 0% |
| Standard Fiber Floor | 91.31 ms |
| Fiber Efficiency | 65.9% |
| Latency Tier | Good |
| Source Region | North America |
| Destination Region | Europe |
Theoretical Fiber Latency
The public physical reference uses the GeoNames city centres for Los Angeles (34.05223, -118.24368) and Frankfurt am Main (50.11552, 8.68417). 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 () | 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 | 1.52× |
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 following estimated indicators summarize route stability for the current publication period and are intended for comparative planning rather than SLA evaluation.
| Stability Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Minimum RTT | 137.5 ms |
| Median RTT (p50) | 138.4 ms |
| 95th percentile RTT (p95) | 139.7 ms |
| Maximum RTT | 140 ms |
| Jitter | 0.8 ms |
| Packet loss | 0% |
RTT trend
Estimated route stability across the selected time window.
- Average
- 138.5 ms
- Minimum
- 137.0 ms
- Maximum
- 139.9 ms
- Average loss
- 0.01%
Route Context
- Departure PoP: Los Angeles (LAX)
- Destination PoP: Frankfurt (FRA)
- Region overview: North America → Europe
- Full global matrix: Backbone Latency Matrix
- Physical methodology: Theoretical Fiber Latency
Related City-Pair Routes
- Reverse direction: Frankfurt to Los Angeles latency and RTT — 139.6 ms
- Los Angeles to Seattle latency and RTT — 25.9 ms
- Los Angeles to Miami latency and RTT — 57.1 ms
- Los Angeles to New York latency and RTT — 58.5 ms
- Los Angeles to Ashburn latency and RTT — 59.7 ms
- Los Angeles to Tokyo latency and RTT — 100.7 ms
About This Measurement
Published RTT reflects best-case backbone path behavior. End-user latency also depends on local access networks, congestion, routing policy, and traffic engineering. Stability indicators are comparative estimates, and none of these values is an SLA.
Data auto-generated on July 19, 2026. Explore the full interactive latency matrix or browse more city-pair routes.