Los Angeles (LAX) – Saint Paul (MSP)
- Distance
- 2,471 km
- 1,535 mi · 1,334 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 28 min / 3 h 54 min
- Average gate to gate: LAX → MSP / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 310 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (183 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 906,080
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −6.1%
- Flights / week
- 105
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 86%
- 1,047,558 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- DL, SY
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
- 53°
- Heading from MSP
- 249°
- Halfway point
- 40.10, -106.82
- Great-circle km
- 2,467 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LAX → MSP
- 3 h 5 min
- In the air MSP → LAX
- 3 h 25 min
- Clocks
- Saint Paul is 2 h ahead of Los Angeles
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 99,042 |
| Sep 2025 | 72,363 |
| Oct 2025 | 78,923 |
| Nov 2025 | 69,706 |
| Dec 2025 | 73,341 |
| Jan 2026 | 58,235 |
| Feb 2026 | 52,150 |
| Mar 2026 | 62,799 |
| Apr 2026 | 67,225 |
| May 2026 | 77,398 |
| Jun 2026 | 93,849 |
| Jul 2026 | 101,049 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 576 |
| Sep 2025 | 454 |
| Oct 2025 | 482 |
| Nov 2025 | 458 |
| Dec 2025 | 461 |
| Jan 2026 | 364 |
| Feb 2026 | 324 |
| Mar 2026 | 371 |
| Apr 2026 | 429 |
| May 2026 | 457 |
| Jun 2026 | 533 |
| Jul 2026 | 569 |
Airlines flying LAX–MSP nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 82 | 77% |
| SYSun Country Airlines | 24 | 23% |
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 · 1,563 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1,429 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,083 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 719 flights
- Boeing 757-300 · 455 flights
- Boeing 737-900 · 152 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 55 flights
- Boeing 767-300/300ER · 6 flights
Also carried: 542 tonnes of freight and 241 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 84.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 9 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.9%
- Flights counted
- 4,268
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 54% · aircraft arriving late 26% · air traffic system 18% · weather 2% · 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
- $308
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $250
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 65% of passengers · $366
- Lowest-fare airline
- Sun Country Airlines
- 26% of passengers · $181
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $237 · Q3 2025 $215 · Q4 2025 $262 · Q1 2026 $308).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $314, likely $279–$358
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 81% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.6%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 6% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
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: 2,467 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.