Route · JFK → LAX
Flights from New York to Los Angeles
The JFK–LAX corridor is one of the busiest and most competitive domestic routes in the United States, covering roughly 3,974 km with a typical block time just over five hours eastbound and closer to five and a half westbound against prevailing headwinds. American, Delta, United, JetBlue, and Alaska all operate the route heavily, deploying a mix of narrowbodies like the A321 and 737 MAX alongside widebodies — Delta notably runs A330s and occasionally 767s, offering lie-flat business seats on a domestic ticket. A practical note worth knowing: at JFK, carriers are split across multiple terminals, so confirm yours before heading to the airport, as transfers between them can consume thirty minutes or more. On the fare side, January and February typically offer the lowest prices after the holiday surge, while premium-cabin award space tends to open up on midweek departures when corporate demand softens.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for New York (JFK) → Los Angeles (LAX). Use the… year view to spot the cheapest week to fly, the day-of-week patterns most travellers miss, and any shoulder-season dips worth shifting your trip around. Prices refresh every few hours, so what you see is what your booking page should look like a moment later — click any date to jump straight to the fare on Aviasales.
Airlines on this route
8 carriersThe 8 carriers we currently track on the New York–Los Angeles route, from full-service flag carriers to low-cost competitors. Tap any airline for its full… profile, baggage rules, fleet context, and a live fare search pre-filtered to that carrier — useful if you're loyal to a frequent-flyer programme, want to compare onboard product on the same dates, or are weighing a cheaper one-stop against a pricier nonstop.
Flights from New York to Los Angeles
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from New York to Los Angeles — the actual flight numbers, departure and arrival… times your booking page will pull from. Use it to plan around departure preferences (early morning vs late evening), see which carriers fly on which weekdays, or pick a connection that lets you sleep in your own bed before a long-haul leg. Click any row to load it directly in the search.
Airport guides
Quick links into the airport profiles at both ends of the route. Each guide covers terminal layout, the airlines that base hubs at JFK and… LAX, the other routes those airports serve, and the ground-transit options most travellers wish they'd read about before landing — the practical context you only really need to know once you've booked, but want to skim before you do.