The flight time from Baltimore to Los Angeles is 5 hours, 31 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves BWI Baltimore, MD 4 minutes late.
13 minutes taxiing out
5 hours, 5 minutes in the air
9 minutes taxiing in
Arrives LAX Los Angeles, CA 4 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
87%
Spirit
77%
Southwest
72%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Baltimore to Los Angeles is 5 hours, 31 minutes. The time spent in the air is 5 hours, 5 minutes.

The flight distance from Baltimore to Los Angeles is 2329 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Los Angeles to Baltimore
4 hours, 50 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

United
5h 30m
Southwest
5h 30m
Spirit
5h 34m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h5h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

35

Distance

2329 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
15
Spirit
10
United
8

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Baltimore from Los Angeles by plane?

The distance from Baltimore to Los Angeles by plane is 2329 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Baltimore to Los Angeles?

The flight time from Baltimore to Los Angeles is 5 hours, 31 minutes. The time spent in the air is 5 hours, 5 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with United being the fastest taking 5 hours, 30 minutes, and Spirit the slowest taking 5 hours, 34 minutes.

What airlines fly from Baltimore to Los Angeles?

United, Southwest, and Spirit are the airlines with direct flights from Baltimore to Los Angeles.

Does Southwest fly from Baltimore to Los Angeles?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Baltimore (BWI) to Los Angeles (LAX). On average, they have 15 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Baltimore 4 minutes late
Taxi Out Time 13 minutes
In the Air 305 minutes
Taxiing In 9 minutes
Arrives Los Angeles 4 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Baltimore to Los Angeles, Southwest is 72% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 72% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 87% 10% 3%
Spirit 77% 20% 3%
Southwest 72% 28% 0%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Baltimore and Los Angeles, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
United 14 302 10 330
Southwest 13 306 9 330
Spirit 13 308 8 334

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
6pm 0.5
12pm 0.01
4pm 0.07
5pm 0.35
7am 0.55
9pm 0.25
6am 0.83
8am 0.6
3pm 0.22
10pm 0.01
8pm 0.11
11pm 0.01
9am 0.1
1pm 0.01
2pm 0.16
7pm 0.79
11am 0.12
10am 0.25

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Baltimore to Los Angeles that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 124
February 116
March 130
April 131
May 184
June 203
July 211
August 155
September 149
October 161
November 150
December 122

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Baltimore to Los Angeles that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 5.27
Tuesday 4.92
Wednesday 4.96
Thursday 5.23
Friday 5.33
Saturday 4.96
Sunday 4.63

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
Southwest 0
Spirit 0
United 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
6pm 13 307 9 335
12pm 11 289 6 315
4pm 12 317 9 341
5pm 13 299 8 324
7am 13 307 9 334
9pm 13 295 7 318
6am 14 301 11 330
8am 14 308 9 334
3pm 12 299 8 322
10pm 12 312 6 331
8pm 14 303 7 323
11pm 13 283 5 304
9am 11 314 7 334
1pm 11 297 7 317
2pm 12 308 9 332
7pm 13 312 9 339
11am 11 327 6 344
10am 13 301 8 323
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.