Flights from New York to Los Angeles – Direct & connecting routes
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JFK to LAX – All flight route options from John F Kennedy International, New York, USA to Los Angeles International, California, USA. These flights are operated by 7 different airlines. Fly non-stop or choose from 33 different connecting flights. The shortest flight time is 6 hours and 3 minutes. See the full flight schedule and time table, including departure times, airlines and stopover details to find the best option for you.
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New York to Los Angeles flights
There are over 37 airlines and as many as 742 flights every week to this destination. You can fly non-stop to Los Angeles (LAX) from New York (JFK) with American Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines or Frontier Airlines but if a stopover option suits you better you can choose to fly via Buffalo, Dulles or any other of the 33 alternatives with connectiing airports.
Tip! You can also fly to Los Angeles from La Guardia (LGA).
New York to Los Angeles with American Airlines
You can fly non-stop every weekday with flights departing from 6:00 am to 9:00 pm. You can also catch a transit flight via Pittsburgh or Columbus. American Airlines is a member of the air alliance OneWorld.
With Sun Country Airlines
If you fly from New York with Sun Country Airlines you will do a stopover in Minneapolis, MSP before reaching Los Angeles. This flight trip will take 8 hours and 50 minutes and you can fly every Monday or Thursday with departures at 11 in the morning.
Distance & flight times: JFK to LAX
The shortest flight time between JFK and LAX is 6 hours and 25 minutes.
Via | Total flight time | Layover time | Distance |
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Direct | 6h 25m | - | 2483 miles (3995 km) |
BUF Buffalo | 8h 11m | 1h 13m | 2527 miles (4066 km) |
IAD Dulles | 8h 15m | - | - |
DCA Washington | 8h 26m | 1h 6m | 2531 miles (4072 km) |
PHX Phoenix | 8h 27m | 43m | 2531 miles (4072 km) |
MSP Minneapolis | 8h 35m | 46m | 2572 miles (4138 km) |
SLC Salt Lake City | 8h 36m | 1h 22m | 2588 miles (4164 km) |
RDU Raleigh/Durham | 8h 37m | 1h 2m | 2674 miles (4302 km) |
BWI Baltimore | 8h 41m | - | - |
LAS Las Vegas | 8h 46m | 1h 42m | 2492 miles (4010 km) |
DEN Denver | 8h 46m | 1h 35m | 2495 miles (4014 km) |
CLE Cleveland | 8h 50m | 1h 11m | 2485 miles (3998 km) |
DTW Detroit | 9h 5m | 2h 53m | 2496 miles (4016 km) |
CLT Charlotte | 9h 6m | 1h 23m | 2675 miles (4304 km) |
AUS Austin | 9h 12m | 50m | 2773 miles (4462 km) |
DFW Dallas | 9h 19m | 2h 23m | 2635 miles (4240 km) |
BNA Nashville | 9h 21m | 1h 31m | 2571 miles (4137 km) |
SAT San Antonio | 9h 26m | - | - |
ORD Chicago | 9h 34m | 2h 43m | 2492 miles (4010 km) |
ATL Atlanta | 9h 37m | 2h 5m | 2716 miles (4370 km) |
BZN Bozeman | 9h 38m | - | - |
IND Indianapolis | 9h 44m | 42m | 2487 miles (4002 km) |
IAH Houston | 9h 50m | 2h 15m | 2806 miles (4515 km) |
EGE Vail | 9h 51m | - | - |
SAN San Diego | 9h 53m | 2h 23m | 2563 miles (4124 km) |
SFO San Francisco | 10h 9m | 1h 39m | 2933 miles (4719 km) |
BOS Boston | 10h 25m | 2h 58m | 2806 miles (4515 km) |
MCO Orlando | 10h 27m | 1h 59m | 3174 miles (5107 km) |
MKE Milwaukee | 10h 27m | - | - |
CMH Columbus | 10h 44m | - | - |
PIT Pittsburgh | 11h 28m | - | - |
MCI Kansas City | 12h 28m | 1h 33m | 2483 miles (3995 km) |
TPA Tampa | 14h 5m | 1h 9m | 3176 miles (5110 km) |
MSY New Orleans | 14h 54m | 2h 7m | 2864 miles (4608 km) |

