How far is LA from Arizona by plane?

The flight time from Phoenix, Arizona to Los Angeles, California is:

57 minutes

In-air flight time: 57 minutes
From gate to gate: 1 hour, 21 minutes
Constant 500 mph: 43 minutes

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Flying time from Phoenix, AZ to Los Angeles, CA

The total flight duration from Phoenix, AZ to Los Angeles, CA is 57 minutes.

This is the average in-air flight time (wheels up to wheels down on the runway) based on actual flights taken over the past year, including routes like PHX to LAX. It covers the entire time on a typical commercial flight including take-off and landing.

If you're planning a trip, you should also factor in extra time for the plane to pull back from the gate and taxi to the runway, as well as reaching the destination gate after landing. If you include this extra time on the tarmac, the average total elapsed time from gate to gate flying from Phoenix, AZ to Los Angeles, CA is 1 hour, 21 minutes.

Finally, pilots might want to estimate the flight time using an average flight speed for a commercial airliner of 500 mph, which is equivalent to 805 km/h or 434 knots. If you don't add any extra time to increase or decrease speed for take-off and landing, then at constant speed your flight time would be 43 minutes.

If you're booking a flight, make sure you check the scheduled departure and arrival times. You should also factor in airport wait times and possible equipment or weather delays. If you're trying to figure out what time you'll arrive at the destination, you may want to see if there's a time difference between Phoenix, AZ and Los Angeles, CA.

The calculation of flight time is based on the straight line distance from Phoenix, AZ to Los Angeles, CA ("as the crow flies"), which is about 358 miles or 575 kilometers.

Your trip begins in Phoenix, Arizona.
It ends in Los Angeles, California.

Your flight direction from Phoenix, AZ to Los Angeles, CA is West (-82 degrees from North).

The flight time calculator measures the average flight duration between points. It uses the great circle formula to compute the travel mileage.

Los Angeles is the second largest city in the United States. There are 5 airports (international and regional), all less than 50 miles from the center of Los Angeles.

Bob Hope Airport (BUR) is 15 miles, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is 19 miles, Long Beach Airport (LGB) is 25 miles, Ontario International Airport (ONT) is 39 miles and John Wayne Airport (SNA) is 39 miles from the center of Los Angeles.

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is an important airport for connecting flights from many major cities in the United States to the Pacific Islands (like Tahiti, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Fiji, Cook Islands and Vanuatu), Asia, Australia and Hawaii.

There are 9 passenger terminals in LAX and most connecting flight passengers have to exit security, walk or use a shuttle bus to get to other terminals. According to Conde Nast Traveler, LAX is a hassle for passengers connecting to international flights. Most domestic airlines have their own terminals and international airlines operate from either Terminal 2 or the Tom Bradley International Terminal. This means long walks and an additional security check-in since passengers have to exit security to get to the international terminals.

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Travelmath provides an online flight time calculator for all types of travel routes. You can enter airports, cities, states, countries, or zip codes to find the flying time between any two points. The database uses the great circle distance and the average airspeed of a commercial airliner to figure out how long a typical flight would take. Find your travel time to estimate the length of a flight between airports, or ask how long it takes to fly from one city to another.

Average Timeline

Leaves PHX Phoenix, AZ 2 minutes early.

Arrives LAX Los Angeles, CA 9 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

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Flight Summary

The flight time from Phoenix to Los Angeles is 1 hour, 22 minutes. The time spent in the air is 58 minutes.

The flight distance from Phoenix to Los Angeles is 370 Miles.

Flight Time By Airline ?

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Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Phoenix from Los Angeles by plane?

The distance from Phoenix to Los Angeles by plane is 370 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Phoenix to Los Angeles?

The flight time from Phoenix to Los Angeles is 1 hour, 22 minutes. The time spent in the air is 58 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 1 hour, 17 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 1 hour, 24 minutes.

What airlines fly from Phoenix to Los Angeles?

American, Frontier, United, Delta, and Southwest are the airlines with direct flights from Phoenix to Los Angeles.

Does Southwest fly from Phoenix to Los Angeles?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Phoenix (PHX) to Los Angeles (LAX). On average, they have 35 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.

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 Phoenix to Los Angeles, Delta is 90% reliable, which means that Delta flights are on time 90% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Phoenix 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.

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.

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Phoenix 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.

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Phoenix 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.

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.

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.

* Delayed more than 20 minutes.

All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.

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