The flight time from Los Angeles to Charlotte is 4 hours, 34 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves LAX Los Angeles, CA 1 minute early.
16 minutes taxiing out
4 hours, 5 minutes in the air
10 minutes taxiing in
Arrives CLT Charlotte, NC 9 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Spirit
87%
American
84%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Los Angeles to Charlotte is 4 hours, 34 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 5 minutes.

The flight distance from Los Angeles to Charlotte is 2125 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Charlotte to Los Angeles
5 hours, 6 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
4h 33m
Spirit
4h 38m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

48

Distance

2125 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND050100150200

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
44
Spirit
3

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Los Angeles from Charlotte by plane?

The distance from Los Angeles to Charlotte by plane is 2125 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Charlotte?

The flight time from Los Angeles to Charlotte is 4 hours, 34 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 5 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with American being the fastest taking 4 hours, 33 minutes, and Spirit the slowest taking 4 hours, 38 minutes.

What airlines fly from Los Angeles to Charlotte?

American and Spirit are the airlines with direct flights from Los Angeles to Charlotte.

Does Southwest fly from Los Angeles to Charlotte?

Southwest does not fly from Los Angeles (LAX) to Charlotte (CLT). 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 Los Angeles 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 16 minutes
In the Air 245 minutes
Taxiing In 10 minutes
Arrives Charlotte 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 Los Angeles to Charlotte, Spirit is 87% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 87% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Spirit 87% 13% 0%
American 84% 15% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Los Angeles and Charlotte, 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)
American 17 245 10 273
Spirit 14 251 10 278

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
10am 0.11
5am 0
3pm 0.01
9am 0.65
2pm 0.07
8am 0.57
9pm 0.16
1pm 0.74
10pm 0.89
1am 0.01
0am 0.04
6am 0.92
7am 0.91
11pm 0.91
11am 0.88

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles to Charlotte 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 193
February 169
March 180
April 173
May 208
June 233
July 243
August 247
September 188
October 236
November 233
December 226

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles to Charlotte 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 6.92
Tuesday 6.44
Wednesday 6.92
Thursday 7.1
Friday 7.1
Saturday 6.92
Sunday 7.23

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
American 1
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)
10am 18 242 11 275
5am 11 244 8 263
3pm 13 227 14 252
9am 16 241 11 271
2pm 15 255 12 283
8am 18 248 12 282
9pm 15 229 6 251
1pm 15 245 12 274
10pm 16 243 6 266
1am 13 231 12 254
0am 14 245 8 272
6am 18 249 11 279
7am 17 246 11 275
11pm 17 246 8 272
11am 16 246 10 275
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.