The flight time from Boise to Los Angeles is 2 hours, 16 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves BOI Boise, ID 5 minutes early.
14 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 48 minutes in the air
11 minutes taxiing in
Arrives LAX Los Angeles, CA 9 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
94%
United
91%
Alaska
90%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Boise to Los Angeles is 2 hours, 16 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 48 minutes.

The flight distance from Boise to Los Angeles is 674 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Los Angeles to Boise
2 hours, 3 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Delta
2h 15m
Alaska
2h 16m
United
2h 17m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h2h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

34

Distance

674 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Alaska
12
United
11
Delta
10

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Boise from Los Angeles by plane?

The distance from Boise to Los Angeles by plane is 674 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Boise to Los Angeles?

The flight time from Boise to Los Angeles is 2 hours, 16 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 48 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Delta being the fastest taking 2 hours, 15 minutes, and United the slowest taking 2 hours, 17 minutes.

What airlines fly from Boise to Los Angeles?

Delta, Alaska, and United are the airlines with direct flights from Boise to Los Angeles.

Does Southwest fly from Boise to Los Angeles?

Southwest does not fly from Boise (BOI) to Los Angeles (LAX). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

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 Boise 5 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 14 minutes
In the Air 108 minutes
Taxiing In 11 minutes
Arrives Los Angeles 9 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 Boise to Los Angeles, Alaska is 90% reliable, which means that Alaska flights are on time 90% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 94% 6% 0%
United 91% 9% 0%
Alaska 90% 10% 0%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Boise 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)
Delta 16 109 8 135
Alaska 13 108 12 136
United 14 109 11 137

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
4pm 0.01
3pm 0.04
7pm 0.14
12pm 0.62
5pm 0.31
8am 0.71
1pm 0.17
11am 0.13
7am 1.55
10am 0.01
8pm 0
2pm 0.7
6pm 0.37
6am 0.1

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Boise 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 99
February 87
March 106
April 110
May 142
June 170
July 179
August 169
September 163
October 197
November 178
December 183

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Boise 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 4.79
Wednesday 4.54
Thursday 5.06
Friday 5.1
Saturday 4.37
Sunday 5.17

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
Alaska 0
United 0
Delta 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)
4pm 12 107 8 127
3pm 13 110 10 132
7pm 12 106 12 134
12pm 16 108 9 134
5pm 12 108 10 131
8am 14 109 15 144
1pm 13 109 10 134
11am 14 107 8 131
7am 15 109 10 137
10am 11 109 31 162
8pm 13 99 18 130
2pm 14 108 10 132
6pm 14 108 13 136
6am 14 106 15 144
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.