✈ SFO → LAX
1H 24M FLIGHT. JUST ENOUGH TIME TO REGRET CHECKING A BAG.
Flight from San Francisco to Los Angeles
From SFO (SFO), USA North America → LAX (LAX), USA North America
↔ Flying the other way? Los Angeles → San Francisco
How long is the flight from San Francisco to Los Angeles?
A nonstop flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes about 1 hour 24 minutes, covering a great-circle distance of 338 miles (544 km). Actual scheduled time varies by airline, routing, and wind — expect ±15 to 30 minutes from this estimate.
Avg flight time
1h 24m
Nonstop, scheduled
Distance
338 mi
544 km · great-circle
Avg speed
387 km/h
Door-to-door including taxi
Time zones & jet lag
San Francisco timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Los Angeles timezone
UTC-7
America/Los_Angeles
Time difference
Same
Same time zone
CO₂ footprint per passenger
Economy class, single passenger. Source: DEFRA 2024 averages.
This flight emits roughly 3.8× the CO₂ of an equivalent train trip and 0.9× a car driven alone over the same distance.
Flights from San Francisco
Nearest destinations
- San Francisco → Las Vegas
- San Francisco → Seattle
- San Francisco → Vancouver
- San Francisco → Dallas
- San Francisco → Chicago
- San Francisco → Mexico City
- San Francisco → Atlanta
- San Francisco → Toronto
- San Francisco → Cancun
- San Francisco → New York
Long-haul from San Francisco
- San Francisco → Johannesburg
- San Francisco → Cape Town
- San Francisco → Nairobi
- San Francisco → Kuala Lumpur
- San Francisco → Singapore
- San Francisco → Mumbai
- San Francisco → Bali (Denpasar)
- San Francisco → Abu Dhabi
- San Francisco → Dubai
- San Francisco → Doha
More flights to North America
Flights to Los Angeles
Nearest origins
- Las Vegas → Los Angeles
- Seattle → Los Angeles
- Vancouver → Los Angeles
- Dallas → Los Angeles
- Mexico City → Los Angeles
- Chicago → Los Angeles
- Atlanta → Los Angeles
- Cancun → Los Angeles
- Toronto → Los Angeles
- Miami → Los Angeles
Long-haul to Los Angeles
- Johannesburg → Los Angeles
- Cape Town → Los Angeles
- Nairobi → Los Angeles
- Kuala Lumpur → Los Angeles
- Singapore → Los Angeles
- Mumbai → Los Angeles
- Bali (Denpasar) → Los Angeles
- Abu Dhabi → Los Angeles
- Dubai → Los Angeles
- Doha → Los Angeles