Yes! Southwest does fly from San Francisco (SFO) to Los Angeles (LAX). On average, they have 53 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

The flight time from San Francisco to Los Angeles is 1 hour, 29 minutes. The time spent in the air is 56 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 1 hour, 20 minutes, and United the slowest taking 1 hour, 32 minutes.

The distance from San Francisco to Los Angeles by plane is 337 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation

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.

Leaves San Francisco 3 minutes early Taxi Out Time 20 minutes In the Air 56 minutes Taxiing In 11 minutes Arrives Los Angeles 7 minutes early

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 San Francisco to Los Angeles, Delta is 83% reliable, which means that Delta flights are on time 83% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled Delta 83% 17% 0% United 83% 16% 1% American 80% 18% 2% Alaska 75% 20% 5% Southwest 73% 17% 10%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

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

Airline Taxiing Out

(minutes) In the Air

(minutes) Taxiing In

(minutes) Total

(minutes) Southwest 18 55 6 80 Delta 19 56 8 86 United 22 56 12 92 American 19 56 13 92 Alaska 22 56 12 92

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.

Time Count 8am 2.09 6pm 2.76 11pm 0.01 12pm 3.71 9am 3.77 10am 2.2 7am 3.07 7pm 2.54 11am 2.38 6am 3.7 9pm 1.33 5am 0.65 2pm 3.21 10pm 1.28 8pm 2.79 4pm 2.11 3pm 2.04 1pm 1.02 5pm 3.25

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from San Francisco 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.

Month Count January 1509 February 1376 March 1542 April 1394 May 1379 June 1347 July 1399 August 1565 September 1224 October 1323 November 1276 December 1279

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from San Francisco 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.

Day Count Monday 47.46 Tuesday 46.65 Wednesday 46.81 Thursday 47.33 Friday 47.38 Saturday 38.79 Sunday 45.06

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.

Airline Flights per Week United 2 Alaska 1 American 1 Southwest 1 Delta 1

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.