The flight time from Los Angeles International Airport to San Diego, California is:
31 minutes
In-air flight time: 31 minutes
From gate to gate: 52 minutes
Constant 500 mph: 13 minutes
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Flying time from LAX to San Diego, CA
The total flight duration from LAX to San Diego, CA is 31 minutes.
This is the average in-air flight time (wheels up to wheels down on the runway) based on actual flights taken over the past year, including routes like LAX to SAN. It covers the entire time on a typical commercial flight including take-off and landing.
If you're planning a trip, you should also factor in extra time for the plane to pull back from the gate and taxi to the runway, as well as reaching the destination gate after landing. If you include this extra time on the tarmac, the average total elapsed time from gate to gate flying from LAX to San Diego, CA is 52 minutes.
Finally, pilots might want to estimate the flight time using an average flight speed for a commercial airliner of 500 mph, which is equivalent to 805 km/h or 434 knots. If you don't add any extra time to increase or decrease speed for take-off and landing, then at constant speed your flight time would be 13 minutes.
If you're booking a flight, make sure you check the scheduled departure and arrival times. You should also factor in airport wait times and possible equipment or weather delays. If you're trying to figure out what time you'll arrive at the destination, you may want to see if there's a time difference between LAX and San Diego, CA.
The calculation of flight time is based on the straight line distance from LAX to San Diego, CA ("as the crow flies"), which is about 111 miles or 179 kilometers.
Your trip begins at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California.
It ends in San Diego, California.
Your flight direction from LAX to San Diego, CA is Southeast (139 degrees from North).
The flight time calculator measures the average flight duration between points. It uses the great circle formula to compute the travel mileage.
Los Angeles International Airport
IATA: LAXICAO: KLAX
FAA: LAX
City: Los Angeles
State: California
Zip code: 90009
Country: United States
Category: airports
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