Flights from Los Angeles Airport LAX to San Francisco Airport SFO

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Airliners including American Airlines, ITA Airways, China Southern Airlines, AirZeta, Volaris, Porter Airlines Canada, KLM, Frontier, Finnair, Fiji Airways, Emirates, Air France, Condor, China Eastern Airlines, Air China, Avianca, Aer Lingus, Gulf Air, Copa Airlines, Korean Air, LATAM Airlines, Jet Linx Aviation, China Airlines, Iberia, WestJet, Southwest Airlines, KlasJet, Aeromexico, SAS, El Al, All Nippon Airways, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Australia, Air New Zealand, Qantas, American Eagle, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Air Tahiti Nui and United Airlines all offer direct flights between Los Angeles International to San Francisco International. When travelling from Los Angeles International you will cover about 337 miles before you reach San Francisco International. This journey will take 1 Hour 27 Minutes.

The exact cost of the flight we vary quite significantly base on the dates you travel, the time of day you will depart and how long in advance you pre book the flights. If you are on a tight budget then you should avoid flying at peak hours as the prices are more expensive. The cheapest flights are in the evenings and in mid week. The ticket prices for most airliners will increase the closer you get the departure date, so as soon as you know the date you will travel you should book your flights.

For a full summary of all the airliners that fly from Los Angeles International to San Francisco International, please see the table below.

Flights Chart
AirlinerMoTuWeThFrSaSuFirst FlightLast FlightFlights
United Airlines101010200006:0021:34VIEW FLIGHTS
Air Tahiti Nui1199200006:0023:26VIEW FLIGHTS
Delta Air Lines777100007:0021:00VIEW FLIGHTS
Qantas766100007:0022:38VIEW FLIGHTS
American Eagle666200000:0922:38VIEW FLIGHTS
Alaska Airlines766100006:0023:26VIEW FLIGHTS
Virgin Australia666100006:0023:02VIEW FLIGHTS
Air New Zealand666100006:0023:02VIEW FLIGHTS
Virgin Atlantic666000007:0022:23VIEW FLIGHTS
British Airways755000013:3623:26VIEW FLIGHTS
All Nippon Airways444100006:0023:02VIEW FLIGHTS
SAS444000010:5322:23VIEW FLIGHTS
El Al525000010:5322:23VIEW FLIGHTS
WestJet434000010:5319:59VIEW FLIGHTS
Southwest Airlines433100006:0020:45VIEW FLIGHTS
KlasJet135200000:2023:00VIEW FLIGHTS
Aeromexico344000013:3622:23VIEW FLIGHTS
Iberia342100006:0023:26VIEW FLIGHTS
Jet Linx Aviation333000016:0622:38VIEW FLIGHTS
China Airlines333000007:0013:36VIEW FLIGHTS
LATAM Airlines323000010:5322:23VIEW FLIGHTS
Korean Air223000000:3010:53VIEW FLIGHTS
Gulf Air222000016:0622:38VIEW FLIGHTS
Copa Airlines222000016:1423:02VIEW FLIGHTS
Avianca221000016:1423:02VIEW FLIGHTS
Aer Lingus212000022:0622:38VIEW FLIGHTS
Condor211000008:0023:26VIEW FLIGHTS
China Eastern Airlines211000008:2119:20VIEW FLIGHTS
Air China031000006:0023:02VIEW FLIGHTS
Volaris111000019:3619:36VIEW FLIGHTS
Porter Airlines Canada111000016:0616:06VIEW FLIGHTS
KLM111000019:2019:20VIEW FLIGHTS
Frontier111000017:5417:54VIEW FLIGHTS
Finnair201000022:0623:26VIEW FLIGHTS
Fiji Airways111000016:0616:06VIEW FLIGHTS
Emirates111000013:2513:25VIEW FLIGHTS
Air France111000022:2322:23VIEW FLIGHTS
ITA Airways011000016:1416:14VIEW FLIGHTS
China Southern Airlines101000022:3822:38VIEW FLIGHTS
AirZeta110000000:3023:00VIEW FLIGHTS
American Airlines100000017:5117:51VIEW FLIGHTS

United Airlines is the most popular airliners who operate this route. They have around 32 a week with times that vary between 06:00 and 21:34.

To book your flight you can visit United Airlines on their website united.com. You will find up to date information on availability and the latest discounts.

Flight times for the route are summarised in the table below. These time were correct at the time of writing, but please be aware that times may vary from time to time so please check their website for exact times and the dates you wish to fly.

Flights Time In WeekDays
DayFlight TimesFlights
Monday
06:00
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2647
Air New ZealandNZ9275
Air Tahiti NuiTN2351
Alaska AirlinesAS1487
All Nippon AirwaysNH7357
Southwest AirlinesWN1105
Virgin AustraliaVA8059
IberiaIB7298
07:00
AirlineFlight  No
Air Tahiti NuiTN1229
Delta Air LinesDL1421
QantasQF3333
American EagleAA6336
07:30
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA1372
Air New ZealandNZ9273
All Nippon AirwaysNH7355
Virgin AustraliaVA8554
08:00
AirlineFlight  No
Air Tahiti NuiTN2456
Alaska AirlinesAS239
CondorDE5030
08:21
AirlineFlight  No
Korean AirKE7217
China Eastern AirlinesMU8848
China AirlinesCI9171
Virgin AtlanticVS4109
10:45
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA433
Air New ZealandNZ9282
All Nippon AirwaysNH7510
Virgin AustraliaVA8056
10:53
AirlineFlight  No
Korean AirKE7247
SASSK3628
WestJetWS8634
Alaska AirlinesAS498
China AirlinesCI9119
Delta Air LinesDL2272
El AlLY4556
LATAM AirlinesLA8759
Virgin AtlanticVS4107
10:55
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA1791
Air Tahiti NuiTN1176
QantasQF4803
American EagleAA6330
11:10
AirlineFlight  No
Southwest AirlinesWN120
11:31
AirlineFlight  No
American EagleAA6188
13:04
AirlineFlight  No
Air Tahiti NuiTN1356
QantasQF3244
13:25
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA469
Air New ZealandNZ9280
Virgin AustraliaVA8060
EmiratesEK6182
13:36
AirlineFlight  No
SASSK3630
AeromexicoAM4122
Air Tahiti NuiTN2407
WestJetWS7320
Alaska AirlinesAS1439
China AirlinesCI9169
Delta Air LinesDL1715
El AlLY4488
British AirwaysBA6449
LATAM AirlinesLA6591
Virgin AtlanticVS4105
14:35
AirlineFlight  No
Delta Air LinesDL2267
15:35
AirlineFlight  No
Southwest AirlinesWN2891
16:06
AirlineFlight  No
Air Tahiti NuiTN1306
Fiji AirwaysFJ5031
British AirwaysBA1999
Gulf AirGF6428
QantasQF3138
Jet Linx AviationJL7554
American EagleAA6221
Porter Airlines CanadaPD6294
16:14
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2019
Air New ZealandNZ9271
Virgin AustraliaVA8239
AviancaAV2154
Copa AirlinesCM1061
17:03
AirlineFlight  No
Air Tahiti NuiTN2462
Alaska AirlinesAS514
British AirwaysBA7607
17:10
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA233
17:51
AirlineFlight  No
American AirlinesAA2567
17:54
AirlineFlight  No
FrontierF94593
17:59
AirlineFlight  No
Delta Air LinesDL1559
19:20
AirlineFlight  No
AeromexicoAM4033
WestJetWS8608
China Eastern AirlinesMU8842
KLMKL7347
El AlLY4557
Virgin AtlanticVS1837
19:21
AirlineFlight  No
Air Tahiti NuiTN1114
British AirwaysBA4809
QantasQF3214
Jet Linx AviationJL7552
19:36
AirlineFlight  No
VolarisY42793
19:57
AirlineFlight  No
Alaska AirlinesAS221
19:59
AirlineFlight  No
SASSK3626
AeromexicoAM4126
WestJetWS8599
Delta Air LinesDL2197
El AlLY4513
Virgin AtlanticVS1983
20:10
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2681
20:22
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA1195
20:35
AirlineFlight  No
American EagleAA6260
20:45
AirlineFlight  No
Southwest AirlinesWN2893
21:00
AirlineFlight  No
Delta Air LinesDL2986
21:34
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2056
22:06
AirlineFlight  No
FinnairAY4130
Air Tahiti NuiTN1124
Aer LingusEI7533
British AirwaysBA5483
IberiaIB4353
QantasQF3206
Jet Linx AviationJL7556
22:23
AirlineFlight  No
SASSK3853
Air FranceAF2527
El AlLY4174
LATAM AirlinesLA7912
Virgin AtlanticVS4111
22:38
AirlineFlight  No
China Southern AirlinesCZ1604
Aer LingusEI7391
British AirwaysBA5112
Gulf AirGF4288
QantasQF4159
American EagleAA6510
23:00
AirlineFlight  No
KlasJetKJ283
AirZetaKJ284
23:02
AirlineFlight  No
Air New ZealandNZ9270
All Nippon AirwaysNH7262
Virgin AustraliaVA8061
AviancaAV2152
Copa AirlinesCM1060
23:26
AirlineFlight  No
FinnairAY2512
Air Tahiti NuiTN2403
Alaska AirlinesAS1328
British AirwaysBA6447
IberiaIB7291
CondorDE5032
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Tuesday
00:30
AirlineFlight  No
KlasJetKJ283
AirZetaKJ284
06:00
AirlineFlight  No
Air ChinaCA7381
United AirlinesUA2647
Air New ZealandNZ9275
Air Tahiti NuiTN2351
Alaska AirlinesAS1487
All Nippon AirwaysNH7357
Virgin AustraliaVA8059
IberiaIB7298
06:20
AirlineFlight  No
Southwest AirlinesWN1105
07:00
AirlineFlight  No
Korean AirKE7217
Air Tahiti NuiTN1229
China AirlinesCI9171
Delta Air LinesDL1421
QantasQF3333
American EagleAA6336
Virgin AtlanticVS4109
07:30
AirlineFlight  No
Air ChinaCA7282
United AirlinesUA1372
Air New ZealandNZ9273
All Nippon AirwaysNH7510
Virgin AustraliaVA8056
08:00
AirlineFlight  No
Air Tahiti NuiTN2456
Alaska AirlinesAS239
CondorDE5030
09:10
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA433
10:45
AirlineFlight  No
Air New ZealandNZ9282
All Nippon AirwaysNH7355
Virgin AustraliaVA8554
10:53
AirlineFlight  No
Korean AirKE7247
SASSK3628
WestJetWS8634
Alaska AirlinesAS498
China AirlinesCI9119
Delta Air LinesDL2272
El AlLY4556
Virgin AtlanticVS4107
10:55
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA1791
Air Tahiti NuiTN1176
QantasQF4803
American EagleAA6330
11:31
AirlineFlight  No
American EagleAA6188
12:15
AirlineFlight  No
Delta Air LinesDL1715
13:04
AirlineFlight  No
Air Tahiti NuiTN1356
IberiaIB4905
QantasQF3244
13:25
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA469
Air New ZealandNZ9280
Virgin AustraliaVA8060
EmiratesEK6182
13:36
AirlineFlight  No
SASSK3630
AeromexicoAM4122
Air Tahiti NuiTN2407
WestJetWS7320
Alaska AirlinesAS1439
China AirlinesCI9169
El AlLY4488
British AirwaysBA6449
IberiaIB7282
LATAM AirlinesLA6591
Virgin AtlanticVS4105
14:00
AirlineFlight  No
Southwest AirlinesWN1909
14:35
AirlineFlight  No
Delta Air LinesDL2267
15:36
AirlineFlight  No
Alaska AirlinesAS514
16:06
AirlineFlight  No
Air Tahiti NuiTN1306
Fiji AirwaysFJ5031
British AirwaysBA1999
Gulf AirGF6428
QantasQF3138
Jet Linx AviationJL7554
American EagleAA6221
Porter Airlines CanadaPD6294
16:14
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2019
Air New ZealandNZ9271
Virgin AustraliaVA8239
AviancaAV2154
Copa AirlinesCM1061
ITA AirwaysAZ4446
17:03
AirlineFlight  No
Air Tahiti NuiTN2462
British AirwaysBA7607
17:10
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA233
17:50
AirlineFlight  No
American EagleAA6260
17:54
AirlineFlight  No
FrontierF94593
17:59
AirlineFlight  No
Delta Air LinesDL1559
18:30
AirlineFlight  No
Alaska AirlinesAS221
Southwest AirlinesWN2891
18:45
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2681
19:20
AirlineFlight  No
AeromexicoAM4033
Air Tahiti NuiTN1124
China Eastern AirlinesMU8842
KLMKL7347
British AirwaysBA5483
QantasQF3206
Jet Linx AviationJL7556
Virgin AtlanticVS1837
19:36
AirlineFlight  No
VolarisY42793
19:59
AirlineFlight  No
SASSK3626
AeromexicoAM4126
WestJetWS8599
Delta Air LinesDL2197
Virgin AtlanticVS1983
20:22
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA1195
21:00
AirlineFlight  No
Delta Air LinesDL2986
21:34
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2056
22:23
AirlineFlight  No
SASSK3853
AeromexicoAM3566
Air FranceAF5647
LATAM AirlinesLA7912
Virgin AtlanticVS4111
22:38
AirlineFlight  No
Aer LingusEI7391
British AirwaysBA5112
IberiaIB4408
Gulf AirGF4288
QantasQF4159
Jet Linx AviationJL7552
American EagleAA6510
23:00
AirlineFlight  No
KlasJetKJ285
KlasJetKJ286
23:02
AirlineFlight  No
Air ChinaCA7280
Air New ZealandNZ9270
All Nippon AirwaysNH7262
Virgin AustraliaVA8061
AviancaAV2152
Copa AirlinesCM1060
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Wednesday
00:20
AirlineFlight  No
KlasJetKJ2861
00:30
AirlineFlight  No
Korean AirKE214
KlasJetKJ285
KlasJetKJ286
06:00
AirlineFlight  No
Air ChinaCA7381
United AirlinesUA2647
Air New ZealandNZ9275
Air Tahiti NuiTN2351
Alaska AirlinesAS1487
All Nippon AirwaysNH7357
Virgin AustraliaVA8059
IberiaIB7298
06:20
AirlineFlight  No
Southwest AirlinesWN1105
07:00
AirlineFlight  No
Korean AirKE7217
Air Tahiti NuiTN1229
China AirlinesCI9171
Delta Air LinesDL1421
QantasQF3333
American EagleAA6336
Virgin AtlanticVS4109
07:30
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA1372
Air New ZealandNZ9273
All Nippon AirwaysNH7355
Virgin AustraliaVA8554
08:00
AirlineFlight  No
Air Tahiti NuiTN2456
Alaska AirlinesAS239
CondorDE5030
09:10
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA433
10:45
AirlineFlight  No
Air New ZealandNZ9282
All Nippon AirwaysNH7510
Virgin AustraliaVA8056
10:53
AirlineFlight  No
Korean AirKE7247
SASSK3628
WestJetWS8634
Alaska AirlinesAS498
China AirlinesCI9119
Delta Air LinesDL2272
El AlLY4556
LATAM AirlinesLA8759
Virgin AtlanticVS4107
10:55
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA1791
Air Tahiti NuiTN1176
QantasQF4803
American EagleAA6330
11:31
AirlineFlight  No
American EagleAA6188
12:15
AirlineFlight  No
Delta Air LinesDL1715
13:04
AirlineFlight  No
Air Tahiti NuiTN1356
QantasQF3244
13:25
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA469
Air New ZealandNZ9280
Virgin AustraliaVA8060
EmiratesEK6182
13:36
AirlineFlight  No
SASSK3630
AeromexicoAM4122
Air Tahiti NuiTN2407
WestJetWS7320
Alaska AirlinesAS1439
China AirlinesCI9169
El AlLY4488
British AirwaysBA6449
LATAM AirlinesLA6591
Virgin AtlanticVS4105
14:00
AirlineFlight  No
Southwest AirlinesWN1909
14:35
AirlineFlight  No
Delta Air LinesDL2267
15:36
AirlineFlight  No
Alaska AirlinesAS514
16:06
AirlineFlight  No
Air Tahiti NuiTN1306
Fiji AirwaysFJ5031
British AirwaysBA1999
Gulf AirGF6428
QantasQF3138
Jet Linx AviationJL7554
American EagleAA6221
Porter Airlines CanadaPD6294
16:14
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2019
Air New ZealandNZ9271
Virgin AustraliaVA8239
AviancaAV2154
Copa AirlinesCM1061
ITA AirwaysAZ4446
17:03
AirlineFlight  No
Air Tahiti NuiTN2462
British AirwaysBA7607
17:10
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA233
17:54
AirlineFlight  No
FrontierF94593
17:59
AirlineFlight  No
Delta Air LinesDL1559
18:30
AirlineFlight  No
Alaska AirlinesAS221
Southwest AirlinesWN2891
19:20
AirlineFlight  No
AeromexicoAM4033
WestJetWS8608
China Eastern AirlinesMU8842
KLMKL7347
El AlLY4557
Virgin AtlanticVS1837
19:36
AirlineFlight  No
VolarisY42793
19:59
AirlineFlight  No
SASSK3626
AeromexicoAM4126
WestJetWS8599
Delta Air LinesDL2197
El AlLY4513
Virgin AtlanticVS1983
20:10
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2681
20:22
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA1195
20:35
AirlineFlight  No
American EagleAA6260
21:00
AirlineFlight  No
Delta Air LinesDL2986
21:34
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2056
22:06
AirlineFlight  No
FinnairAY4130
Air Tahiti NuiTN1124
Aer LingusEI7533
British AirwaysBA5483
IberiaIB4353
QantasQF3206
Jet Linx AviationJL7556
22:23
AirlineFlight  No
SASSK3853
AeromexicoAM3566
Air FranceAF2527
El AlLY4174
LATAM AirlinesLA7912
Virgin AtlanticVS4111
22:38
AirlineFlight  No
China Southern AirlinesCZ1604
Aer LingusEI7391
British AirwaysBA5112
Gulf AirGF4288
QantasQF4159
Jet Linx AviationJL7552
American EagleAA6510
23:00
AirlineFlight  No
KlasJetKJ283
KlasJetKJ284
23:02
AirlineFlight  No
Air New ZealandNZ9270
All Nippon AirwaysNH7262
Virgin AustraliaVA8061
Copa AirlinesCM1060
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Thursday
00:09
AirlineFlight  No
American EagleAA6510
00:30
AirlineFlight  No
KlasJetKJ283
KlasJetKJ284
06:00
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA2647
Air New ZealandNZ9275
Air Tahiti NuiTN2351
Alaska AirlinesAS1487
All Nippon AirwaysNH7357
Virgin AustraliaVA8059
IberiaIB7298
06:45
AirlineFlight  No
Southwest AirlinesWN2426
07:00
AirlineFlight  No
Air Tahiti NuiTN1229
Delta Air LinesDL1421
QantasQF3333
American EagleAA6336
07:30
AirlineFlight  No
United AirlinesUA1372
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If you are flexible on the airport you depart from, then there are other airports that offer direct flights to San Francisco International. You can see full details of these below.

Alternative Direct Routes
RouteStopsDistanceFlying Time
Bakersfield to San Francisco01 Hour 8 Minutes
Burbank to San Francisco01 Hour 26 Minutes
Carlsbad Mc Clellan Palomar to San Francisco01 Hour 37 Minutes
Hawthorne to San Francisco01 Hour 27 Minutes
Long Beach to San Francisco01 Hour 29 Minutes
Ontario to San Francisco01 Hour 30 Minutes
Palm Springs Municipal to San Francisco01 Hour 36 Minutes
San Diego to San Francisco01 Hour 39 Minutes
Santa Barbara Municipal to San Francisco01 Hour 15 Minutes
San Bernardino Norton Afb to San Francisco01 Hour 32 Minutes
San Luis Obispo to San Francisco055 Minutes
Santa Ana John Wayne to San Francisco01 Hour 31 Minutes
Los Angeles Van Nuys to San Francisco01 Hour 25 Minutes

Please remember to leave plenty of time to get though customers when you are departing form the airports. Flights regulations are getting very strict these days so getting through customs can take in excess of 1 hour in some cases.

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Flight Price FAQ - Los Angeles (LAX) to San Francisco (SFO)

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Flight Info FAQ - Los Angeles (LAX) to San Francisco (SFO)

Who flies from Los Angeles to San Francisco?
The following airlines fly from Los Angeles (LAX) to San Francisco (SFO): Aer Lingus, Aeromexico, Air China, Air France, Air New Zealand, Air Tahiti Nui, AirZeta, Alaska Airlines, All Nippon Airways, American Airlines, American Eagle, Avianca, British Airways, China Airlines, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Condor, Copa Airlines, Delta Air Lines, El Al, Emirates, Fiji Airways, Finnair, Frontier, Gulf Air, Iberia, ITA Airways, Jet Linx Aviation, KlasJet, KLM, Korean Air, LATAM Airlines, Porter Airlines Canada, Qantas, SAS, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Australia, Volaris, WestJet.
How far is the flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco?
The flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco is 543KM or 337 miles.
How long does the flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco to take?
The flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco takes 1 Hour 27 Minutes.

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