The flight time from Miami to Los Angeles is 5 hours, 38 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves MIA Miami, FL 1 minute late.
19 minutes taxiing out
5 hours, 5 minutes in the air
9 minutes taxiing in
Arrives LAX Los Angeles, CA 2 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Delta
84%
American
74%
JetBlue
71%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Miami to Los Angeles is 5 hours, 38 minutes. The time spent in the air is 5 hours, 5 minutes.

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

Reverse Journey

Los Angeles to Miami
4 hours, 51 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
5h 36m
Delta
5h 37m
JetBlue
5h 43m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h4h5h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

70

Distance

2342 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND0100200300

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246810

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
49
JetBlue
13
Delta
7

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Miami from Los Angeles by plane?

The distance from Miami to Los Angeles 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 Miami to Los Angeles?

The flight time from Miami to Los Angeles is 5 hours, 38 minutes. The time spent in the air is 5 hours, 5 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with American being the fastest taking 5 hours, 36 minutes, and JetBlue the slowest taking 5 hours, 43 minutes.

What airlines fly from Miami to Los Angeles?

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

Does Southwest fly from Miami to Los Angeles?

Southwest does not fly from Miami (MIA) 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 Miami 1 minute late
Taxi Out Time 19 minutes
In the Air 305 minutes
Taxiing In 9 minutes
Arrives Los Angeles 2 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 Miami to Los Angeles, American is 74% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 74% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Delta 84% 15% 1%
American 74% 26% 0%
JetBlue 71% 28% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Miami 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)
American 19 304 9 336
Delta 19 305 10 337
JetBlue 18 310 9 343

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
12pm 0.41
7pm 1.4
5pm 0.86
8pm 0.54
7am 0.98
8am 1.16
9pm 0.99
4pm 0.37
2pm 0.41
10am 0.34
9am 0.87
6am 0.82
3pm 0.47
6pm 0.32

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Miami 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 317
February 278
March 292
April 296
May 339
June 300
July 309
August 308
September 276
October 327
November 293
December 312

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Miami 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 9.98
Tuesday 10
Wednesday 10.04
Thursday 10.04
Friday 10.1
Saturday 9.85
Sunday 10.13

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
JetBlue 0
Delta 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)
12pm 19 316 7 343
7pm 21 308 10 346
5pm 19 302 9 335
8pm 20 294 12 333
7am 16 300 9 326
8am 19 308 11 339
9pm 22 304 10 341
4pm 17 307 7 334
2pm 16 317 8 345
10am 20 289 8 323
9am 19 295 10 326
6am 16 316 8 343
3pm 17 296 7 328
6pm 18 311 11 345
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.