The flight time from Los Angeles to Minneapolis is 3 hours, 27 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves LAX Los Angeles, CA 1 minute early.
15 minutes taxiing out
3 hours, 4 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives MSP Minneapolis, MN 8 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
88%
Spirit
78%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Los Angeles to Minneapolis is 3 hours, 27 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 4 minutes.

The flight distance from Los Angeles to Minneapolis is 1535 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Minneapolis to Los Angeles
3 hours, 49 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
3h 22m
Delta
3h 27m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

47

Distance

1535 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND050100150200

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
45
Spirit
1

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Los Angeles from Minneapolis by plane?

The distance from Los Angeles to Minneapolis by plane is 1535 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 Minneapolis?

The flight time from Los Angeles to Minneapolis is 3 hours, 27 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 4 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 3 hours, 22 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 3 hours, 27 minutes.

What airlines fly from Los Angeles to Minneapolis?

Delta and Spirit are the airlines with direct flights from Los Angeles to Minneapolis.

Does Southwest fly from Los Angeles to Minneapolis?

Southwest does not fly from Los Angeles (LAX) to Minneapolis (MSP). 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 15 minutes
In the Air 184 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives Minneapolis 8 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 Minneapolis, Spirit is 78% reliable, which means that Spirit flights are on time 78% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 88% 11% 1%
Spirit 78% 20% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Los Angeles and Minneapolis, 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)
Spirit 13 181 6 202
Delta 15 184 6 207

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
11pm 0.9
5am 0.17
12pm 0.01
11am 0.99
8am 0.75
0am 0.31
10am 0
4pm 0.27
7am 0.02
1pm 0.84
2pm 0.05
5pm 0.04
6am 0.99
3pm 0.66
6pm 0.36
10pm 0
9am 0.27

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles to Minneapolis 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 197
February 173
March 218
April 203
May 212
June 227
July 230
August 235
September 198
October 198
November 175
December 185

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles to Minneapolis 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 7
Tuesday 6.71
Wednesday 6.46
Thursday 6.75
Friday 7.13
Saturday 6.44
Sunday 6.63

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
Delta 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)
11pm 16 184 5 207
5am 13 183 6 205
12pm 16 185 15 216
11am 14 184 6 205
8am 15 183 5 204
0am 19 184 5 209
10am 28 180 4 212
4pm 12 184 6 206
7am 11 190 6 210
1pm 14 185 6 207
2pm 13 184 7 204
5pm 13 182 6 200
6am 18 185 5 210
3pm 13 187 6 208
6pm 13 184 5 206
10pm 19 177 6 202
9am 15 183 6 207
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.