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Los Angeles to Raleigh

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Los Angeles to Raleigh. From €275.08, fastest 8h 15m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Los Angeles to Raleigh runs about 6 times a day, with the first departure around 06:03 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €275.08 and €299.27, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 8h 15m over 3,700 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 15, 2026Priced for October 5, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€275.08 to €299.27

  • 108%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Los Angeles

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:03First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 6Services per day
  • 33%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €577.75Wed16
  2. about €758.29Thu17
  3. about €590.73Fri18
  4. about €652.68Sat19
  5. about €621.41Sun20
  6. about €476.27Mon21
  7. about €373.02Tue22
  8. about €442.64Wed23
  9. about €505.18Thu24
  10. about €482.76Fri25
  11. about €524.06Sat26
  12. about €450.90Sun27
  13. about €372.43Mon28
  14. about €299.27Tue29
  15. about €325.23Wed30
  16. about €385.41Thu1
  17. about €363.58Fri2
  18. about €361.81Sat3
  19. about €321.69Sun4
  20. about €275.08Mon5
  21. about €314.02Tue6

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.

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

A hotel room

A room in Raleigh for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Raleigh Union Station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Los Angeles to Raleigh

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

  1. €284.5290 days
  2. €295.1460 days
  3. €344.7045 days
  4. €350.6030 days
  5. €314.0221 days
  6. €299.2714 days
  7. €373.027 days
  8. €590.733 days
  9. €577.751 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at €284.52.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 108 percent. The most expensive point is €590.73, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€590.73€295.141371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Los Angeles to Raleigh and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

3 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

3,700 km

3,592 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

3,820,914482,295

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

Observed

Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.

The route

Los AngelesLos AngelesRaleighRaleigh
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

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 3,700 km against 3,592 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 Louisville, Nashville, Charlotte, St. Louis. The gap between arriving and leaving is 50 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Raleigh Union Station

Most of the points near Raleigh Union Station open before the first train and close after the last one.

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Questions about Los Angeles to Raleigh

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 it take to get from Los Angeles to Raleigh?

The fastest journey from Los Angeles to Raleigh takes 8h 15m door to door, of which 5h 20m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 8h 38m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Los Angeles to Raleigh?

The cheapest fare from Los Angeles to Raleigh is €275.08, as of September 15, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €480.99. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Los Angeles to Raleigh?

The cheapest way from Los Angeles to Raleigh is by flight, at €299.27 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 8h 30m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Los Angeles to Raleigh?

Fares from Los Angeles to Raleigh bottom out around 90 days before departure, at €284.52. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 108 percent, measured on September 15, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Los Angeles to Raleigh?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Los Angeles to Raleigh, at €314.02. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 15, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Los Angeles to Raleigh?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Los Angeles to Raleigh, at €280.39 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Los Angeles to Raleigh?

2 operators sell services from Los Angeles to Raleigh across 1 mode: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Los Angeles to Raleigh?

33 percent of the services we sell from Los Angeles to Raleigh are direct. The rest connect at Louisville, Nashville, Charlotte, St. Louis, with about 50 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Los Angeles to Raleigh use?

Services from Los Angeles to Raleigh by flight leave from Los Angeles LAX and arrive at Raleigh RDU. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Los Angeles to Raleigh?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Los Angeles to Raleigh allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Los Angeles to Raleigh on September 15, 2026: 3700 km of route against 3592 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €275.08, and 8h 15m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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The two ends, compared

Los Angeles reaches 198 places in 41 countries on services we hold, over distances from 42 to 14,124 km. Raleigh reaches 82 places in 6 countries, from 41 to 6,495 km.

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Leaving Los Angeles

  • 198Places you can leave for
  • 41Countries
  • 83Operators

Arriving in Raleigh

Leaving Raleigh

  • 82Places you can leave for
  • 6Countries
  • 22Operators

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