The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles is 5 hours, 41 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL 2 minutes late.
17 minutes taxiing out
5 hours, 11 minutes in the air
9 minutes taxiing in
Arrives LAX Los Angeles, CA 1 minute late.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
80%
American
73%
JetBlue
69%
Alaska
68%
Spirit
60%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles is 5 hours, 41 minutes. The time spent in the air is 5 hours, 11 minutes.

The flight distance from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles is 2343 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Los Angeles to Fort Lauderdale
4 hours, 49 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Delta
5h 34m
American
5h 38m
JetBlue
5h 39m
Spirit
5h 46m
Alaska
5h 55m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h5h6h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

40

Distance

2343 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

JetBlue
21
Delta
6
Spirit
6
American
3
Alaska
2

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Fort Lauderdale from Los Angeles by plane?

The distance from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles by plane is 2343 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles?

The flight time from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles is 5 hours, 41 minutes. The time spent in the air is 5 hours, 11 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Delta being the fastest taking 5 hours, 34 minutes, and Alaska the slowest taking 5 hours, 55 minutes.

What airlines fly from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles?

Spirit, Alaska, JetBlue, American, and Delta are the airlines with direct flights from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles.

Does Southwest fly from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles?

Southwest does not fly from Fort Lauderdale (FLL) 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 Fort Lauderdale 2 minutes late
Taxi Out Time 17 minutes
In the Air 311 minutes
Taxiing In 9 minutes
Arrives Los Angeles 1 minute late

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 Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles, Delta is 80% reliable, which means that Delta flights are on time 80% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 80% 18% 2%
American 73% 26% 1%
JetBlue 69% 30% 1%
Alaska 68% 28% 4%
Spirit 60% 38% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Fort Lauderdale 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 16 305 11 334
American 16 306 10 338
JetBlue 17 311 8 339
Spirit 15 315 9 346
Alaska 19 324 7 355

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
2pm 0.01
7am 0.58
8pm 0.3
7pm 0.79
5am 0.01
6am 0.18
8am 1.26
4pm 0.23
5pm 1.22
9pm 0.42
6pm 0.5
11am 0.02
9am 0.12

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Fort Lauderdale 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 181
February 184
March 209
April 183
May 172
June 176
July 182
August 170
September 144
October 151
November 153
December 190

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Fort Lauderdale 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 5.98
Tuesday 5.75
Wednesday 5.15
Thursday 5.75
Friday 5.9
Saturday 5.75
Sunday 6

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
JetBlue 0
Delta 0
Spirit 0
American 0
Alaska 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)
2pm 22 334 6 376
7am 16 315 9 341
8pm 17 314 11 348
7pm 18 313 10 345
5am 20 321 6 349
6am 16 308 8 335
8am 16 301 9 330
4pm 17 312 7 337
5pm 17 316 8 346
9pm 17 306 10 339
6pm 17 313 9 345
11am 22 323 6 360
9am 15 284 9 309
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.