Flights from Los Angeles to New York – Direct & connecting routes
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LAX to JFK – All flight route options from Los Angeles International, California, USA to John F Kennedy International, New York, USA. These flights are operated by 8 different airlines. Fly non-stop or choose from 33 different connecting flights. The shortest flight time is 5 hours and 29 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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Los Angeles to New York flights
There are over 37 airlines and as many as 940 flights every week to this destination. You can fly non-stop to New York (JFK) from Los Angeles (LAX) 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 Denver, Buffalo or any other of the 33 alternatives with connectiing airports.
Tip! You might want to consider arriving at La Guardia (LGA) instead.
Los Angeles to New York with American Airlines
You can fly non-stop every weekday with flights departing from 6:00 am to 11:00 pm. You can also catch a transit flight via Pittsburgh or Indianapolis. American Airlines is a member of the air alliance OneWorld.
With Sun Country Airlines
If you fly from Los Angeles with Sun Country Airlines you will do a stopover in Minneapolis, MSP before reaching New York. This flight trip will take 7 hours and 36 minutes and you can fly every day of the week except Mondays with departures at 23 in the night.
Distance & flight times: LAX to JFK
The shortest flight time between LAX and JFK is 5 hours and 31 minutes.
Via | Total flight time | Layover time | Distance |
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Direct | 5h 31m | - | 2483 miles (3995 km) |
DEN Denver | 6h 55m | 54m | 2495 miles (4014 km) |
BUF Buffalo | 7h 12m | 53m | 2527 miles (4066 km) |
IND Indianapolis | 7h 15m | 1h 6m | 2487 miles (4002 km) |
PHX Phoenix | 7h 19m | 38m | 2531 miles (4072 km) |
ABQ Albuquerque | 7h 21m | 1h 4m | 2510 miles (4039 km) |
RNO Reno | 7h 40m | 1h 3m | 2811 miles (4523 km) |
DTW Detroit | 7h 45m | 2h 25m | 2496 miles (4016 km) |
SMF Sacramento | 7h 51m | 46m | 2904 miles (4673 km) |
SLC Salt Lake City | 7h 54m | 1h 49m | 2588 miles (4164 km) |
MSP Minneapolis | 8h 7m | 1h 24m | 2572 miles (4138 km) |
LAS Las Vegas | 8h 14m | 1h 35m | 2492 miles (4010 km) |
CLT Charlotte | 8h 15m | 2h 55m | 2675 miles (4304 km) |
AUS Austin | 8h 16m | 1h 18m | 2773 miles (4462 km) |
IAD Dulles | 8h 19m | 1h 38m | 2524 miles (4061 km) |
ORD Chicago | 8h 24m | 1h 15m | 2492 miles (4010 km) |
BNA Nashville | 8h 25m | 2h 25m | 2571 miles (4137 km) |
CLE Cleveland | 8h 25m | 2h 17m | 2485 miles (3998 km) |
PSP Palm Springs | 8h 29m | 2h 13m | 2496 miles (4016 km) |
SAN San Diego | 8h 37m | 1h 59m | 2563 miles (4124 km) |
DFW Dallas | 8h 43m | 2h 34m | 2635 miles (4240 km) |
CVG Cincinnati | 8h 44m | 2h 28m | 2497 miles (4018 km) |
MCO Orlando | 8h 52m | 1h 39m | 3174 miles (5107 km) |
IAH Houston | 8h 54m | 1h 40m | 2806 miles (4515 km) |
SFO San Francisco | 8h 54m | 1h 51m | 2933 miles (4719 km) |
DCA Washington | 9h 1m | 2h 37m | 2531 miles (4072 km) |
RDU Raleigh/Durham | 9h 5m | 2h 11m | 2674 miles (4302 km) |
TPA Tampa | 9h 6m | 1h 56m | 3176 miles (5110 km) |
SAT San Antonio | 9h 17m | 1h 32m | 2808 miles (4518 km) |
ATL Atlanta | 9h 38m | 2h 16m | 2716 miles (4370 km) |
BOS Boston | 9h 49m | 2h 58m | 2806 miles (4515 km) |
PIT Pittsburgh | 10h 35m | 44m | 2483 miles (3995 km) |
MSY New Orleans | 11h 18m | 2h 46m | 2864 miles (4608 km) |
CMH Columbus | 12h 14m | 1h 58m | 2486 miles (4000 km) |

