Route · LHR → LAX
Flights from London to Los Angeles
The London Heathrow–Los Angeles corridor is one of the busiest transatlantic routes in the world, covering roughly 8,760 km with a typical westbound block time of around ten and a half hours and a noticeably shorter eastbound leg thanks to favourable jet-stream winds. American Airlines, United Airlines, British Airways, and Virgin Atlantic dominate frequencies, typically deploying widebody equipment such as the Boeing 777 and 787 or Airbus A350; Iberia and Lufthansa operate the route via their respective hubs for passengers connecting onward. A practical note worth flagging: most long-haul international arrivals at LAX land into the Tom Bradley International Terminal, which requires clearing US Customs and Border Protection before collecting bags, so budget at least ninety minutes if you have an onward domestic connection. For fares, January and February are historically the softest months for economy pricing, while premium-cabin redemptions on points programmes tend to open up on shoulder-season midweek departures.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for London (LHR) → 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
7 carriersThe 7 carriers we currently track on the London–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 London to Los Angeles
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from London 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 LHR 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.