The flight time from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City is 1 hour, 45 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves LAX Los Angeles, CA 1 minute early.
14 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 23 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives SLC Salt Lake City, UT 8 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Southwest
91%
Delta
89%
United
88%
American
84%
JetBlue
80%
Spirit
75%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City is 1 hour, 45 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 23 minutes.

The flight distance from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City is 590 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Salt Lake City to Los Angeles
1 hour, 55 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
1h 40m
Delta
1h 44m
JetBlue
1h 45m
Spirit
1h 45m
American
1h 46m
United
1h 50m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

84

Distance

590 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0510

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
48
JetBlue
12
Southwest
7
Spirit
7
United
7
American
2

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Los Angeles from Salt Lake City by plane?

The distance from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City by plane is 590 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 Salt Lake City?

The flight time from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City is 1 hour, 45 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 23 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 1 hour, 40 minutes, and United the slowest taking 1 hour, 50 minutes.

What airlines fly from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City?

American, Spirit, Delta, JetBlue, United, and Southwest are the airlines with direct flights from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City.

Does Southwest fly from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Los Angeles (LAX) to Salt Lake City (SLC). On average, they have 7 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

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 14 minutes
In the Air 83 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City, Delta is 89% reliable, which means that Delta flights are on time 89% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Southwest 91% 9% 0%
Delta 89% 10% 1%
United 88% 12% 0%
American 84% 16% 0%
JetBlue 80% 20% 0%
Spirit 75% 24% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Los Angeles and Salt Lake City, 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)
Southwest 11 82 5 100
Delta 14 82 6 104
JetBlue 16 83 5 105
Spirit 13 83 7 105
American 15 84 6 106
United 17 86 5 110

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
3pm 0.33
9pm 0.04
5am 1.02
1pm 1.15
9am 0.3
10am 1.24
2pm 0.04
7am 1.37
12pm 0.17
8am 0.33
11am 1.2
5pm 1.26
8pm 0.45
6am 0.37
6pm 0.75
4pm 0.38
7pm 1.63

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City 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 392
February 370
March 400
April 357
May 371
June 358
July 368
August 372
September 350
October 366
November 345
December 367

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City 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 12.25
Tuesday 11.83
Wednesday 11.94
Thursday 12.31
Friday 12.27
Saturday 11.98
Sunday 12.35

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
JetBlue 0
Southwest 0
Spirit 0
United 0
American 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)
3pm 15 83 5 104
9pm 14 82 6 105
5am 18 84 6 108
1pm 14 82 7 104
9am 14 81 5 102
10am 13 83 5 103
2pm 13 83 6 111
7am 14 83 5 106
12pm 13 82 6 106
8am 13 82 5 102
11am 13 81 7 103
5pm 15 82 6 104
8pm 13 84 7 105
6am 17 84 4 105
6pm 16 85 6 109
4pm 15 81 5 102
7pm 14 83 6 105
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.