Los Angeles (LAX) – Miami (MIA)
- Distance
- 3,769 km
- 2,342 mi · 2,035 nm
- Flight time
- 4 h 56 min / 5 h 35 min
- Average gate to gate: LAX → MIA / back
- Time difference
- 3 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 440 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (261 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,061,103
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +1.4%
- Flights / week
- 124
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 83%
- 1,273,196 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- AA, DL
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 LAX
- 93°
- Heading from MIA
- 293°
- Halfway point
- 31.29, -98.54
- Great-circle km
- 3,763 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LAX → MIA
- 4 h 27 min
- In the air MIA → LAX
- 5 h 3 min
- Clocks
- Miami is 3 h ahead of Los Angeles
The estimate for a route without real times is 5 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 82,528 |
| Sep 2025 | 64,467 |
| Oct 2025 | 82,893 |
| Nov 2025 | 89,337 |
| Dec 2025 | 98,909 |
| Jan 2026 | 97,814 |
| Feb 2026 | 74,916 |
| Mar 2026 | 95,586 |
| Apr 2026 | 90,048 |
| May 2026 | 94,357 |
| Jun 2026 | 92,251 |
| Jul 2026 | 97,997 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 504 |
| Sep 2025 | 423 |
| Oct 2025 | 538 |
| Nov 2025 | 557 |
| Dec 2025 | 572 |
| Jan 2026 | 577 |
| Feb 2026 | 467 |
| Mar 2026 | 547 |
| Apr 2026 | 569 |
| May 2026 | 602 |
| Jun 2026 | 536 |
| Jul 2026 | 556 |
Airlines flying LAX–MIA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 105 | 86% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 19 | 14% |
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 · 4,074 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 860 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 817 flights
- Boeing 777-200ER/200LR/233LR · 303 flights
- B787-800 Dreamliner · 222 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 76 flights
- Boeing 777-300/300ER/333ER · 63 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 27 flights
Also carried: 5,596 tonnes of freight and 407 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 76.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 17 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.7%
- Flights counted
- 6,505
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 76.8% | 17 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 76.2% | 17 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 42% · aircraft arriving late 37% · air traffic system 16% · weather 4% · 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
- $483
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $420
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 72% of passengers · $501
- Lowest-fare airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 23% of passengers · $465
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $380 · Q3 2025 $372 · Q4 2025 $437 · Q1 2026 $483).
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: 3,763 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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