The flight time from Cleveland to Los Angeles is 4 hours, 55 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves CLE Cleveland, OH 2 minutes early.
13 minutes taxiing out
4 hours, 30 minutes in the air
9 minutes taxiing in
Arrives LAX Los Angeles, CA 12 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
93%
Spirit
80%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Cleveland to Los Angeles is 4 hours, 55 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 30 minutes.

The flight distance from Cleveland to Los Angeles is 2052 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Los Angeles to Cleveland
4 hours, 22 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

United
4h 51m
Spirit
5h
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

14

Distance

2052 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0123

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
9
Spirit
5

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Cleveland from Los Angeles by plane?

The distance from Cleveland to Los Angeles by plane is 2052 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Cleveland to Los Angeles?

The flight time from Cleveland to Los Angeles is 4 hours, 55 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 30 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with United being the fastest taking 4 hours, 51 minutes, and Spirit the slowest taking 5 hours.

What airlines fly from Cleveland to Los Angeles?

Spirit and United are the airlines with direct flights from Cleveland to Los Angeles.

Does Southwest fly from Cleveland to Los Angeles?

Southwest does not fly from Cleveland (CLE) 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 Cleveland 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 13 minutes
In the Air 270 minutes
Taxiing In 9 minutes
Arrives Los Angeles 12 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 Cleveland to Los Angeles, Spirit is 80% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 80% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 93% 7% 0%
Spirit 80% 19% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Cleveland 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 13 268 9 291
Spirit 13 274 9 300

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
6am 0.33
3pm 0.1
5pm 0.02
9pm 0.1
4pm 0.19
7pm 0.01
5am 0.4
7am 0.72
6pm 0.26

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Cleveland 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 62
February 56
March 61
April 60
May 62
June 59
July 66
August 80
September 63
October 86
November 58
December 66

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Cleveland 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 2.21
Tuesday 1.98
Wednesday 1.98
Thursday 2.23
Friday 2.19
Saturday 2.17
Sunday 2.21

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
United 0
Spirit 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)
6am 13 273 8 298
3pm 12 275 8 299
5pm 12 281 8 306
9pm 12 272 10 301
4pm 12 273 8 293
7pm 11 280 15 309
5am 13 272 8 297
7am 14 265 9 290
6pm 12 264 7 287
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.