Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles flight

Flights from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles start at €282.75 and take 8h 31m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles starts at €282.75 and takes 8h 31m door to door, run by 2 operators over 3,860 km, with around 12 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 45 days before departure.

Checked 20 September 2026Priced for 6 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 31mDoor to door
  • 5h 21mMoving
  • €362.99 to €672.74From
  • 06:25 to 18:31First and last departure
  • 12Per day
  • 1131.0 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 6 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€362.99 to €672.74 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Typical for this corridor. The operator sets the price on the day.

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €665.07Mon21
  2. about €568.31Tue22
  3. about €581.29Wed23
  4. about €631.44Thu24
  5. about €555.33Fri25
  6. about €672.74Sat26
  7. about €575.98Sun27
  8. about €382.46Mon28
  9. about €362.99Tue29
  10. about €399.57Wed30
  11. about €473.91Thu1
  12. about €411.37Fri2
  13. about €459.16Sat3
  14. about €394.85Sun4

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 6 October 2026

Cheapest€282.75
  1. Delta Air Lines DA339606:255h 21m08:46Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport FLLLos Angeles International Airport LAX

Door to door 8h 31mCO2 1131.0 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Lowest CO2€403.11
  1. JetBlue Airways JB734407:302h 1m08:31Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport FLLLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport MSY
  2. Delta Air Lines DA515709:374h 8m11:45Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport MSYLos Angeles International Airport LAX

Changes at New Orleans, with 66 minutes between services and a walk of about 5 minutes.

Door to door 10h 25mCO2 807.2 kgChanges 1Fixed, no changes

Carriers

Airlines

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
JetBlue Airways€290.428h 25m
Delta Air Lines€282.758h 26m
  • JetBlue Airways
  • Delta Air Lines

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A hotel room

A room in Los Angeles for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €367.1290 days
  2. €327.5960 days
  3. €250.8945 days
  4. €250.8930 days
  5. €328.1821 days
  6. €394.8514 days
  7. €575.987 days
  8. €581.293 days
  9. €665.071 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €250.89.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 165 percent. The dearest point is €665.07, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 45 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €394.85Sun
  2. €382.46Mon
  3. €362.99Tue
  4. €399.57Wed
  5. €473.91Thu
  6. €411.37Fri
  7. €459.16Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Fort Lauderdale

Air
  • FLL

Los Angeles

Air
  • LAX
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting
67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 3,860 km against 3,747 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Phoenix, New Orleans, Austin, Houston. The gap between arriving and leaving is 52 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Fort Lauderdale at 06:25 and the last at 18:31, across 12 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Flight from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles take?

The Flight from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles takes 8h 31m door to door, of which 5h 21m is spent moving. The route runs 3,860 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Flight from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles cost?

The Flight from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles starts at €282.75 for one passenger, as of 20 September 2026. A typical fare is €350.31. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Flight from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles?

2 operators run the Flight from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles: JetBlue Airways, Delta Air Lines. Between them they file around 12 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Flight from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles use?

The Flight from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles leaves from Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport FLL and arrives at Los Angeles International Airport LAX. Allow about 3h 10m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

When should I book the Flight from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles?

Fares for the Flight from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles bottom out around 45 days ahead, at €250.89. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 165 percent, measured on 20 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Flight from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles produce?

The Flight from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles produces about 1131.0 kg of CO2 per passenger over 3860 km, which works out at roughly 293 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles on 20 September 2026: 3860 km of route against 3747 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €282.75, and 8h 31m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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