Los Angeles (LAX) – Philadelphia (PHL)
- Distance
- 3,865 km
- 2,401 mi · 2,087 nm
- Flight time
- 5 h 4 min / 5 h 47 min
- Average gate to gate: LAX → PHL / back
- Time difference
- 3 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 451 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (267 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 774,495
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −9.8%
- Flights / week
- 91
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 82%
- 942,198 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- AA, F9
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
- 67°
- Heading from PHL
- 274°
- Halfway point
- 38.93, -97.70
- Great-circle km
- 3,856 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LAX → PHL
- 4 h 37 min
- In the air PHL → LAX
- 5 h 14 min
- Clocks
- Philadelphia is 3 h ahead of Los Angeles
The estimate for a route without real times is 5 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 86,964 |
| Sep 2025 | 66,111 |
| Oct 2025 | 76,011 |
| Nov 2025 | 55,419 |
| Dec 2025 | 58,653 |
| Jan 2026 | 45,323 |
| Feb 2026 | 40,381 |
| Mar 2026 | 52,169 |
| Apr 2026 | 60,211 |
| May 2026 | 68,815 |
| Jun 2026 | 77,982 |
| Jul 2026 | 86,456 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 503 |
| Sep 2025 | 419 |
| Oct 2025 | 487 |
| Nov 2025 | 336 |
| Dec 2025 | 344 |
| Jan 2026 | 289 |
| Feb 2026 | 265 |
| Mar 2026 | 307 |
| Apr 2026 | 396 |
| May 2026 | 448 |
| Jun 2026 | 463 |
| Jul 2026 | 492 |
Airlines flying LAX–PHL nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 89 | 97% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 2.6 | 3% |
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 · 4,152 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 385 flights
- B787-800 Dreamliner · 176 flights
- B787-900 Dreamliner · 24 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 4 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 3 flights
- Airbus Industrie A330-900 · 2 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1 flight
Also carried: 1,738 tonnes of freight and 183 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 17 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.4%
- Flights counted
- 4,804
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 79.2% | 16 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 63.6% | 24 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 35% · aircraft arriving late 45% · air traffic system 17% · 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
- $423
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $340
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 86% of passengers · $442
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 3% of passengers · $156
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $309 · Q3 2025 $297 · Q4 2025 $365 · Q1 2026 $423).
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: 3,856 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.