The flight time from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles is 1 hour, 56 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SLC Salt Lake City, UT 2 minutes early.
16 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 28 minutes in the air
10 minutes taxiing in
Arrives LAX Los Angeles, CA 7 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
91%
Delta
88%
Frontier
87%
American
86%
JetBlue
84%
Spirit
83%
Southwest
75%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles is 1 hour, 56 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, 46 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
1h 50m
JetBlue
1h 51m
Spirit
1h 51m
Frontier
1h 55m
Delta
1h 57m
American
2h 2m
United
2h 8m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

85

Distance

590 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0510

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
47
United
9
JetBlue
8
Southwest
7
Spirit
6
American
4
Frontier
0

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, 56 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, 50 minutes, and United the slowest taking 2 hours, 8 minutes.

What airlines fly from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles?

Southwest, American, JetBlue, Frontier, 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 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 16 minutes
In the Air 88 minutes
Taxiing In 10 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 Salt Lake City 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
United 91% 9% 0%
Delta 88% 11% 1%
Frontier 87% 13% 0%
American 86% 14% 0%
JetBlue 84% 16% 0%
Spirit 83% 16% 1%
Southwest 75% 25% 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 9 110
JetBlue 14 87 8 111
Spirit 14 88 8 111
Frontier 15 86 13 115
Delta 17 87 10 117
American 20 91 9 122
United 19 92 11 128

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 1.3
2pm 0.15
6pm 0.39
1pm 0.21
7am 0.65
5pm 1.52
12pm 0.33
3pm 1.11
8am 1.57
8pm 0.49
11am 1.06
4pm 0.36
11pm 0.01
10am 0.37
9pm 1.01
6am 0.05
7pm 0.87
10pm 0.67

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 465
February 451
March 464
April 420
May 431
June 345
July 334
August 335
September 316
October 316
November 258
December 315

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 12.62
Tuesday 12.21
Wednesday 11.9
Thursday 12.35
Friday 12.4
Saturday 11.46
Sunday 12.63

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
United 0
JetBlue 0
Southwest 0
Spirit 0
American 0
Frontier 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 17 86 10 116
2pm 13 87 9 110
6pm 15 88 8 113
1pm 14 91 10 116
7am 19 91 14 133
5pm 14 88 9 113
12pm 15 90 9 116
3pm 17 88 9 115
8am 19 89 11 122
8pm 14 88 8 113
11am 17 86 10 115
4pm 14 90 8 114
11pm 36 84 10 131
10am 13 87 7 109
9pm 17 87 10 118
6am 14 86 8 113
7pm 15 89 8 114
10pm 16 86 9 114
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.