Los Angeles to Columbus flight

Flights from Los Angeles to Columbus start at €331.13 and take 8h 4m at their fastest.

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The Flights from Los Angeles to Columbus starts at €331.13 and takes 8h 4m door to door, run by 2 operators over 3,272 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 21 days before departure.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 8h 4mDoor to door
  • 4h 54mMoving
  • €331.13 to €652.09From
  • 06:03 to 07:30First and last departure
  • 6Per day
  • 484.3 kgCO2

First and last are taken from the services we sell on 5 October 2026. The return direction keeps its own timetable and is not these times reversed.

€331.13 to €652.09 for one passenger across the 14 departure dates priced here. The low end is one day, not every day. Worked out from this corridor rather than held for anybody. 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 €572.44Tue15
  2. about €511.67Wed16
  3. about €652.09Thu17
  4. about €523.47Fri18
  5. about €565.95Sat19
  6. about €512.26Sun20
  7. about €418.45Mon21
  8. about €331.13Tue22
  9. about €392.49Wed23
  10. about €507.54Thu24
  11. about €423.76Fri25
  12. about €425.53Sat26
  13. about €400.16Sun27
  14. about €331.13Mon28

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on 5 October 2026

Cheapest€244.40
  1. Delta Air Lines DA199906:234h 54m11:17Los Angeles LAXColumbus CMH

Door to door 8h 4mCO2 484.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€260.92
  1. American Airlines AA877006:034h 54m10:57Los Angeles LAXColumbus LCK

Door to door 8h 4mCO2 484.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, 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.
OperatorFrom
American Airlines€260.92
Delta Air Lines€244.40
  • American Airlines
  • Delta Air Lines

The flight gets you into Columbus. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Columbus for the night the flight gets in

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Booking window

When to book Los Angeles to Columbus

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

  1. €322.2890 days
  2. €246.1760 days
  3. €292.7845 days
  4. €265.6430 days
  5. €244.4021 days
  6. €331.1314 days
  7. €418.457 days
  8. €652.093 days
  9. €572.441 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €244.40.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 167 percent. The dearest point is €652.09, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 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. €400.16Sun
  2. €331.13Mon
  3. €331.13Tue
  4. €392.49Wed
  5. €507.54Thu
  6. €423.76Fri
  7. €425.53Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

Los Angeles

Air
  • LAX

Columbus

Air
  • CMH
  • LCK
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 3,272 km against 3,176 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 Las Vegas, St. Louis, Denver, Chicago. The gap between arriving and leaving is 45 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 20 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 Los Angeles at 06:03 and the last at 07:30, across 6 departures The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.

Questions about Los Angeles to Columbus

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 Los Angeles to Columbus take?

The Flight from Los Angeles to Columbus takes 8h 4m door to door, of which 4h 54m is spent moving. The route runs 3,272 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 Los Angeles to Columbus cost?

The Flight from Los Angeles to Columbus starts at €331.13 for one passenger, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare is €307.24. 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 Los Angeles to Columbus?

2 operators run the Flight from Los Angeles to Columbus: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines. Between them they file around 6 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 Los Angeles to Columbus use?

The Flight from Los Angeles to Columbus leaves from Los Angeles LAX and arrives at Columbus LCK. 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 Los Angeles to Columbus?

Fares for the Flight from Los Angeles to Columbus bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €244.40. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 167 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

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

The Flight from Los Angeles to Columbus produces about 484.3 kg of CO2 per passenger over 3272 km, which works out at roughly 148 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 shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Los Angeles to Columbus on 14 September 2026: 3272 km of route against 3176 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €331.13, and 8h 4m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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