The flight time from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles is 1 hour, 55 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SLC Salt Lake City, UT 1 minute early.
16 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 28 minutes in the air
9 minutes taxiing in
Arrives LAX Los Angeles, CA 4 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
93%
Delta
85%
Southwest
79%
JetBlue
76%
Spirit
73%
American
68%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles is 1 hour, 55 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 28 minutes.

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

Reverse Journey

Los Angeles to Salt Lake City
1 hour, 45 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
1h 49m
JetBlue
1h 52m
Spirit
1h 52m
Delta
1h 56m
American
2h 3m
United
2h 5m
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 Salt Lake City from Los Angeles by plane?

The distance from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles 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 Salt Lake City to Los Angeles?

The flight time from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles is 1 hour, 55 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 28 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 1 hour, 49 minutes, and United the slowest taking 2 hours, 5 minutes.

What airlines fly from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles?

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

Does Southwest fly from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Salt Lake City (SLC) 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 Salt Lake City 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 16 minutes
In the Air 88 minutes
Taxiing In 9 minutes
Arrives Los Angeles 4 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 Salt Lake City to Los Angeles, Delta is 85% reliable, which means that Delta flights are on time 85% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 93% 7% 0%
Delta 85% 14% 1%
Southwest 79% 21% 0%
JetBlue 76% 23% 1%
Spirit 73% 26% 1%
American 68% 32% 0%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Salt Lake City 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 12 88 7 109
JetBlue 14 87 8 112
Spirit 13 88 9 112
Delta 17 87 10 116
American 20 92 7 123
United 19 92 10 125

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
9am 1.03
2pm 0.03
6pm 0.49
1pm 0.28
7am 0.31
5pm 1.65
12pm 0.17
3pm 1.27
8am 1.62
8pm 0.63
11am 0.92
4pm 0.38
11pm 0.08
10am 0.73
9pm 0.69
6am 0.2
7pm 0.7
10pm 0.81

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Salt Lake City 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 392
February 366
March 402
April 356
May 369
June 360
July 369
August 372
September 349
October 367
November 345
December 366

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Salt Lake City 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 12.21
Tuesday 11.83
Wednesday 11.9
Thursday 12.27
Friday 12.25
Saturday 11.98
Sunday 12.42

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)
9am 16 86 10 115
2pm 11 91 10 109
6pm 13 90 9 114
1pm 12 87 7 107
7am 18 91 10 123
5pm 14 88 9 112
12pm 12 88 8 109
3pm 16 88 8 114
8am 19 89 11 123
8pm 16 89 12 121
11am 16 87 10 115
4pm 14 87 6 108
11pm 18 90 9 121
10am 13 87 9 111
9pm 18 87 11 118
6am 17 92 8 119
7pm 15 88 8 114
10pm 18 87 9 116
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.