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The flight time from Reno to Los Angeles is 1 hour, 33 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves RNO Reno, NV 4 minutes early.
17 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 4 minutes in the air
9 minutes taxiing in
Arrives LAX Los Angeles, CA 7 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Southwest
90%
United
89%
Delta
88%
American
86%
Alaska
84%
JetBlue
82%
Spirit
80%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Reno to Los Angeles is 1 hour, 33 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 4 minutes.

The flight distance from Reno to Los Angeles is 391 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Los Angeles to Reno
1 hour, 26 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
1h 23m
Spirit
1h 27m
JetBlue
1h 30m
Delta
1h 35m
American
1h 37m
Alaska
1h 37m
United
1h 38m
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

57

Distance

391 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
20
United
16
Southwest
7
Alaska
5
Spirit
4
JetBlue
2
American
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Reno from Los Angeles by plane?

The distance from Reno to Los Angeles by plane is 391 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Reno to Los Angeles?

The flight time from Reno to Los Angeles is 1 hour, 33 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 4 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 1 hour, 23 minutes, and United the slowest taking 1 hour, 38 minutes.

What airlines fly from Reno to Los Angeles?

Southwest, Spirit, United, Alaska, JetBlue, American, and Delta are the airlines with direct flights from Reno to Los Angeles.

Does Southwest fly from Reno to Los Angeles?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Reno (RNO) to Los Angeles (LAX). 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 Reno 4 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 17 minutes
In the Air 64 minutes
Taxiing In 9 minutes
Arrives Los Angeles 7 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 Reno to Los Angeles, Delta is 88% reliable, which means that Delta flights are on time 88% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Southwest 90% 10% 0%
United 89% 10% 1%
Delta 88% 12% 0%
American 86% 14% 0%
Alaska 84% 14% 2%
JetBlue 82% 17% 1%
Spirit 80% 19% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Reno 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)
Southwest 13 62 7 83
Spirit 14 63 9 87
JetBlue 15 63 10 90
Delta 19 65 8 95
American 17 64 12 97
Alaska 19 64 10 97
United 18 65 11 98

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
8am 0.02
9am 0.15
2pm 0.33
3pm 0.14
8pm 0.02
9pm 0.08
1pm 0.64
7am 1.96
10am 0.63
6pm 0.41
5pm 0.84
11am 0.51
6am 0.49
4pm 0.88
12pm 0.99

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Reno 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 298
February 254
March 209
April 213
May 217
June 197
July 241
August 242
September 230
October 300
November 280
December 297

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Reno 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 8.27
Tuesday 8
Wednesday 7.92
Thursday 8.13
Friday 8.35
Saturday 7.9
Sunday 8.69

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 0
United 0
Southwest 0
Alaska 0
Spirit 0
JetBlue 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)
8am 13 63 8 84
9am 14 63 9 89
2pm 14 63 9 88
3pm 15 63 10 90
8pm 14 63 7 91
9pm 12 62 7 83
1pm 16 64 10 91
7am 24 65 11 104
10am 15 63 8 88
6pm 16 64 9 92
5pm 17 66 8 92
11am 14 64 8 88
6am 20 65 11 100
4pm 17 65 10 94
12pm 17 65 8 90
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.