Flight routes from Los Angeles to New York
LAX to JFK. All flight route options from Los Angeles International, California, USA to John F Kennedy International, New York, USA. These routes are operated by 7 different airlines. You can either fly non-stop or choose from 31 different transit flights. The shortest flight time is 5 hours and 29 minutes.
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Los Angeles to New York flights
There are over 34 airlines and as many as 759 flights every week to this destination. You can fly non-stop to New York (JFK) from Los Angeles (LAX) with American Airlines, JetBlue Airways or Delta Air Lines but if a stopover option suits you better you can choose to fly via Palm Springs, Indianapolis or any other of the 31 alternatives with flight connections.
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 5 am to 12 midnight. You can also catch a transit flight via Phoenix or Chicago. 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 39 minutes and you can fly every Thursday or Friday with departures at 23:50, 23:55 or 23:59.
Distance & flight times: (LAX) to (JFK)
The shortest flight time between LAX and JFK is 5 hours and 29 minutes.
Via | Total flight time | Layover time | Miles |
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Direct | 5h 29m | - | 2483 (3995 km) |
PSP Palm Springs | 6h 37m | - | - |
IND Indianapolis | 7h 15m | 1h 12m | 2487 (4002 km) |
ABQ Albuquerque | 7h 29m | 2h 5m | 2510 (4039 km) |
CLE Cleveland | 7h 32m | 2h 36m | 2485 (3998 km) |
PHX Phoenix | 7h 33m | 1h 31m | 2531 (4072 km) |
MSP Minneapolis | 7h 42m | 1h 39m | 2572 (4138 km) |
CVG Cincinnati | 7h 52m | 2h 44m | 2497 (4018 km) |
SMF Sacramento | 7h 55m | 1h 9m | 2904 (4673 km) |
BUF Buffalo | 8h 1m | 2h 40m | 2527 (4066 km) |
DCA Washington | 8h 5m | 1h 55m | 2531 (4072 km) |
DTW Detroit | 8h 5m | 1h 33m | 2496 (4016 km) |
DEN Denver | 8h 15m | 1h 16m | 2495 (4014 km) |
SDF Louisville | 8h 19m | - | - |
CLT Charlotte | 8h 25m | 2h 59m | 2675 (4304 km) |
DFW Dallas | 8h 29m | 1h 21m | 2635 (4240 km) |
ORD Chicago | 8h 29m | 1h 56m | 2492 (4010 km) |
LAS Las Vegas | 8h 31m | - | - |
TPA Tampa | 8h 41m | 2h 0m | 3176 (5110 km) |
ATL Atlanta | 8h 44m | 1h 9m | 2716 (4370 km) |
BNA Nashville | 8h 52m | 1h 40m | 2571 (4137 km) |
SLC Salt Lake City | 8h 54m | 2h 35m | 2588 (4164 km) |
SFO San Francisco | 9h 6m | 2h 40m | 2933 (4719 km) |
RDU Raleigh/Durham | 9h 7m | 2h 34m | 2674 (4302 km) |
SAN San Diego | 9h 20m | 1h 2m | 2563 (4124 km) |
SAT San Antonio | 9h 27m | 1h 27m | 2808 (4518 km) |
AUS Austin | 9h 42m | 1h 24m | 2773 (4462 km) |
MCO Orlando | 9h 44m | 2h 50m | 3174 (5107 km) |
BOS Boston | 9h 47m | 2h 42m | 2806 (4515 km) |
BWI Baltimore | 10h 0m | 1h 2m | 2520 (4055 km) |
MSY New Orleans | 11h 32m | 2h 29m | 2864 (4608 km) |
MCI Kansas City | 11h 58m | - | - |