Route · MEX → LAX
Flights from Mexico City to Los Angeles
One of the busiest transborder corridors in the Americas, Mexico City to Los Angeles covers roughly 2,500 kilometres and typically blocks out at around three hours and twenty minutes, making it a comfortable single-service hop between two of the continent's largest metropolises. Aeroméxico and United anchor the route with the most frequency, while American, Delta, Alaska, Volaris, and even long-haul operators Air New Zealand and Qantas include it as a transiting leg within broader itineraries; narrowbody jets like the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 family dominate, though widebodies occasionally appear on premium-heavy departures. A practical note worth keeping in mind: arriving passengers at LAX clear U.S. Customs and Border Protection there, so even connecting travellers should factor in at least ninety minutes for processing. Fare-wise, shoulder seasons in spring and late autumn typically surface the softest prices, while business-class award space on Aeroméxico and its SkyTeam partners tends to open most reliably on weekday departures.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for Mexico City (MEX) → 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 Mexico City–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 Mexico City to Los Angeles
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from Mexico City 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 MEX 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.