The flight time from Los Angeles to Miami is 4 hours, 50 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves LAX Los Angeles, CA on time.
18 minutes taxiing out
4 hours, 21 minutes in the air
8 minutes taxiing in
Arrives MIA Miami, FL 6 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

JetBlue
85%
Delta
82%
American
81%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Los Angeles to Miami is 4 hours, 50 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 21 minutes.

The flight distance from Los Angeles to Miami is 2342 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Miami to Los Angeles
5 hours, 39 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

JetBlue
4h 42m
American
4h 50m
Delta
4h 58m
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)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

67

Distance

2342 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND0100200300

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246810

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
54
Delta
7
JetBlue
5

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Los Angeles from Miami by plane?

The distance from Los Angeles to Miami by plane is 2342 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 Miami?

The flight time from Los Angeles to Miami is 4 hours, 50 minutes. The time spent in the air is 4 hours, 21 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with JetBlue being the fastest taking 4 hours, 42 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 4 hours, 58 minutes.

What airlines fly from Los Angeles to Miami?

JetBlue, Delta, and American are the airlines with direct flights from Los Angeles to Miami.

Does Southwest fly from Los Angeles to Miami?

Southwest does not fly from Los Angeles (LAX) to Miami (MIA). 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 on time
Taxi Out Time 18 minutes
In the Air 261 minutes
Taxiing In 8 minutes
Arrives Miami 6 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 Miami, American is 81% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 81% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
JetBlue 85% 15% 0%
Delta 82% 17% 1%
American 81% 18% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Los Angeles and Miami, 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)
JetBlue 17 256 7 282
American 18 261 8 290
Delta 20 264 10 298

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
10pm 0.63
11am 0.48
10am 1.17
2pm 0.04
12pm 0.82
9am 0.76
6am 0.87
9pm 0.86
0am 0.32
7am 0.25
3pm 0.1
1pm 0.98
8pm 0.07
11pm 1
5am 0.19
8am 0.98

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles to Miami 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 360
February 310
March 343
April 328
May 337
June 287
July 251
August 241
September 236
October 257
November 267
December 288

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles to Miami 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 9.79
Tuesday 9.79
Wednesday 9.5
Thursday 9.56
Friday 9.77
Saturday 9.23
Sunday 9.77

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
Delta 0
JetBlue 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)
10pm 19 262 7 290
11am 18 255 11 288
10am 18 263 9 293
2pm 17 257 12 288
12pm 17 266 10 298
9am 21 267 9 301
6am 18 263 7 290
9pm 16 255 6 279
0am 17 261 8 287
7am 15 271 7 295
3pm 16 253 7 280
1pm 18 260 10 292
8pm 15 248 8 271
11pm 20 258 7 287
5am 18 261 7 289
8am 20 262 8 291
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.