Atlanta (ATL) – Los Angeles (LAX)
- Distance
- 3,133 km
- 1,946 mi · 1,691 nm
- Flight time
- 4 h 43 min / 4 h 13 min
- Average gate to gate: ATL → LAX / back
- Time difference
- 3 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 393 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (232 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,783,358
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −8.6%
- Flights / week
- 189
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 88%
- 2,026,791 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- DL, F9, AA
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from ATL
- 280°
- Heading from LAX
- 81°
- Halfway point
- 34.99, -101.39
- Great-circle km
- 3,126 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ATL → LAX
- 4 h 14 min
- In the air LAX → ATL
- 3 h 45 min
- Clocks
- Los Angeles is 3 h behind Atlanta
The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 167,953 |
| Sep 2025 | 157,047 |
| Oct 2025 | 154,117 |
| Nov 2025 | 146,255 |
| Dec 2025 | 158,802 |
| Jan 2026 | 131,865 |
| Feb 2026 | 123,446 |
| Mar 2026 | 134,606 |
| Apr 2026 | 137,817 |
| May 2026 | 155,569 |
| Jun 2026 | 160,292 |
| Jul 2026 | 155,589 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 954 |
| Sep 2025 | 913 |
| Oct 2025 | 851 |
| Nov 2025 | 838 |
| Dec 2025 | 883 |
| Jan 2026 | 716 |
| Feb 2026 | 647 |
| Mar 2026 | 706 |
| Apr 2026 | 758 |
| May 2026 | 857 |
| Jun 2026 | 865 |
| Jul 2026 | 839 |
Airlines flying ATL–LAX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 147 | 78% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 19 | 11% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 15 | 7% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 8.1 | 4% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 3,122 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 2,741 flights
- Boeing 757-300 · 955 flights
- Boeing 767-300/300ER · 651 flights
- Airbus Industrie A350-900 · 566 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 523 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 399 flights
- Boeing 767-400/ER · 387 flights
Also carried: 13,730 tonnes of freight and 371 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 16 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.9%
- Flights counted
- 9,883
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 80.2% | 13 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 67.8% | 22 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 69.9% | 32 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 84.4% | 13 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 52% · aircraft arriving late 30% · air traffic system 15% · weather 3% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $390
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $318
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 58% of passengers · $494
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 14% of passengers · $189
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $293 · Q3 2025 $283 · Q4 2025 $324 · Q1 2026 $390).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 3,126 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
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