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Cheap flights from Los Angeles to Washington

66 nonstop flights a week, 8 of them today. Operated by 4 airlines, about 5h in the air, 2,294 mi (3,692 km). Tickets from $134, nonstop from $166.

Flights from Los Angeles to Washington

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Prices by day: Los Angeles to Washington

Lowest one-way price in dollars from recent searches, cheap days in green. Press a day to see flights and exact prices.

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Best fares from Los Angeles to Washington

Lowest one-way prices found by recent searches for the next 120 days; press a card to search that date

Cheapest one-way $134 10 December 2026, with a connection Cheapest nonstop $161 17 November 2026, AS Cheapest in the next 7 days $151 17 November, Tue Cheapest weekend departure $168 Fri, 13 November 2026
Cheapest day of the week Tuesday $161 on average over the next 120 days
Cheapest month December 2026 tickets from $134

Los Angeles to Washington at a glance

flight time, from 4h 44m to 10h 23m
5h
straight-line distance
2,294 mi (3,692 km)
flights a week
66
flights today
8
first and last departure
05:05 - 08:30
lowest price, with a connection, 10 December
$134
lowest nonstop price
$166
airlines
4

Los Angeles to Washington ticket prices by month

Lowest one-way fare found by recent searches

Cheapest month: December 2026, tickets from $134. Prices come from searches over the last few days; check the search for your exact date.

The most expensive month is January 2027: from $195. The average across months is $163.

Los Angeles to Washington flight schedule

66 flights a week, 8 today, 47 seasonal or one-off. Departure and arrival times are local.

FlightDepartsArrivesDurationDaysAircraft
WN 2546
Southwest Airlines
05:05 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
14:10 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
6h 5m
Sat
WN 4845
Southwest Airlines
05:05 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
14:30 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
6h 25m
Sat
Boeing 737
WN 1004
Southwest Airlines
05:10 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
13:00 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
4h 50m
Mon, Thu, Fri, Sun
Boeing 737
WN 4513
Southwest Airlines
05:10 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
13:00 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
4h 50m
Sat
Boeing 737
UA 2366
United Airlines
05:45 Los Angeles International, terminal 7
15:59 Washington Dulles International
7h 14m
Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Boeing 737
WN 4175
Southwest Airlines
06:15 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
14:10 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
4h 55m
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu
WN 1488
Southwest Airlines
06:30 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
15:55 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
6h 25m
Sat
UA 1941
United Airlines
07:00 Los Angeles International, terminal 7
17:48 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
7h 48m
Daily
Boeing 757-300
UA 336
United Airlines
07:25 Los Angeles International, terminal 7
19:01 Washington Dulles International
8h 36m
Daily
Boeing 737-800
DL 392
Delta
07:35 Los Angeles International, terminal 3
15:19 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
4h 44m
Daily
Boeing 757-200
AA 830
American Airlines
08:03 Los Angeles International
16:00 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
4h 57m
Daily
Boeing 737
AA 830
American Airlines
08:04 Los Angeles International
16:00 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
4h 56m
Sat
Boeing 737
AA 830
American Airlines
08:06 Los Angeles International
16:00 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
4h 54m
Sun
Boeing 737
UA 1946
United Airlines
08:15 Los Angeles International, terminal 7
21:38 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
10h 23m
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat
Airbus A320
UA 1783
United Airlines
08:20 Los Angeles International, terminal 7
19:47 Washington Dulles International
8h 27m
Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri, Sun
Boeing 757-200
UA 2268
United Airlines
08:25 Los Angeles International, terminal 7
16:23 Washington Dulles International
4h 58m
Daily
Boeing 757-300
WN 203
Southwest Airlines
08:30 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
19:30 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
8h
Sat
WN 257
Southwest Airlines
08:30 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
19:25 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
7h 55m
Sat

Seasonal and one-off flights

Not operating in the next two weeks. The first of them is on 24 November.

FlightDepartsArrivesDurationDaysAircraft
WN 3394
Southwest Airlines
05:00 Ontario International, terminal 4
14:15 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
6h 15m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 4513
Southwest Airlines
05:05 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
12:55 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
4h 50m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
WN 816
Southwest Airlines
05:15 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
13:00 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
4h 45m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
UA 336
United Airlines
07:04 Los Angeles International, terminal 7
19:01 Washington Dulles International
8h 57m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 4513
Southwest Airlines
05:00 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
12:50 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
4h 50m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
UA 2268
United Airlines
08:30 Los Angeles International, terminal 7
16:29 Washington Dulles International
4h 59m
Seasonal
Boeing 757-300
WN 1317
Southwest Airlines
06:55 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
14:40 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
4h 45m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
AA 830
American Airlines
08:05 Los Angeles International
16:00 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
4h 55m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
AA 830
American Airlines
08:07 Los Angeles International
15:59 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
4h 52m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
UA 2268
United Airlines
08:15 Los Angeles International, terminal 7
16:13 Washington Dulles International
4h 58m
Seasonal
Boeing 757-300
UA 1946
United Airlines
08:20 Los Angeles International, terminal 7
20:50 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
9h 30m
Seasonal
Airbus A320
AA 830
American Airlines
08:08 Los Angeles International
16:00 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
4h 52m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
DL 392
Delta
07:40 Los Angeles International, terminal 3
15:41 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
5h 1m
Seasonal
Boeing 757-200
UA 2268
United Airlines
08:24 Los Angeles International, terminal 7
16:23 Washington Dulles International
4h 59m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
UA 1093
United Airlines
08:35 Los Angeles International, terminal 7
16:40 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
5h 5m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-900
AA 765
American Airlines
08:02 Los Angeles International
15:59 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
4h 57m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 779
Southwest Airlines
08:25 Long Beach
17:40 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
6h 15m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
WN 266
Southwest Airlines
08:00 Ontario International, terminal 4
17:15 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
6h 15m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
WN 4407
Southwest Airlines
05:25 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
13:15 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
4h 50m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 2172
Southwest Airlines
08:30 Long Beach
17:50 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
6h 20m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 4407
Southwest Airlines
05:05 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
12:55 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
4h 50m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
UA 336
United Airlines
07:15 Los Angeles International, terminal 7
19:07 Washington Dulles International
8h 52m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
WN 2172
Southwest Airlines
07:20 Long Beach
16:55 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
6h 35m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
AA 765
American Airlines
08:23 Los Angeles International
16:20 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
4h 57m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
UA 1093
United Airlines
08:25 Los Angeles International, terminal 7
16:24 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
4h 59m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
UA 1946
United Airlines
08:30 Los Angeles International, terminal 7
20:57 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
9h 27m
Seasonal
Airbus A320
WN 1695
Southwest Airlines
05:05 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
12:55 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
4h 50m
Seasonal
WN 4906
Southwest Airlines
05:10 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
13:00 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
4h 50m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 1703
Southwest Airlines
06:35 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
14:25 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
4h 50m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
WN 792
Southwest Airlines
07:25 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
20:10 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
9h 45m
Seasonal
WN 4906
Southwest Airlines
05:00 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
12:50 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
4h 50m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 4906
Southwest Airlines
06:55 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
14:45 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
4h 50m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 449
Southwest Airlines
07:00 Long Beach
16:15 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
6h 15m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 1788
Southwest Airlines
06:50 Long Beach
16:20 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
6h 30m
Seasonal
AA 1763
American Airlines
07:47 Los Angeles International
15:52 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
5h 5m
Seasonal
Airbus A320
WN 4315
Southwest Airlines
08:00 Ontario International, terminal 4
20:10 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
9h 10m
Seasonal
WN 4315
Southwest Airlines
06:00 Ontario International, terminal 4
18:15 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
9h 15m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 2408
Southwest Airlines
05:05 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
14:35 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 1
6h 30m
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
WN 670
Southwest Airlines
06:30 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
14:30 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
5h
Seasonal
WN 4933
Southwest Airlines
08:00 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
16:00 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
5h
Seasonal
Boeing 737-800
DL 392
Delta
08:00 Los Angeles International, terminal 3
16:01 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
5h 1m
Seasonal
Boeing 757-200
AA 1763
American Airlines
08:22 Los Angeles International
16:29 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
5h 7m
Seasonal
Airbus A320
WN 742
Southwest Airlines
05:00 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
12:55 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
4h 55m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 742
Southwest Airlines
06:05 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
14:00 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
4h 55m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
WN 742
Southwest Airlines
05:05 Los Angeles International, terminal 1
13:00 Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall
4h 55m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
AA 1763
American Airlines
08:23 Los Angeles International
16:29 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
5h 6m
Seasonal
Boeing 737
AA 1763
American Airlines
08:19 Los Angeles International
16:29 Ronald Reagan National, terminal 2
5h 10m
Seasonal
Boeing 737

Days of the week are taken from the schedule for the next 14 days; schedules change by season. Washington is 3 hours ahead of Los Angeles. The search shows seat availability and the price for your date.

Airlines flying Los Angeles to Washington

Flights a week by schedule and the cheapest nonstop fare of each airline found by recent searches

United Airlines38 a week Southwest Airlines14 a week American Airlines7 a week Delta7 a week

Airports

Where flights from Los Angeles to Washington depart and land

Departure from Los Angeles

Los Angeles International closest to the centreLAX

66 flights a week, terminals 1, 3, 7, 12 mi (19 km) from the city centre

About the airport
Long Beach LGB

17 mi (28 km) from the city centre

About the airport
Ontario International ONT

Terminal 4, 37 mi (60 km) from the city centre

About the airport

Arrival in Washington

Ronald Reagan National closest to the centreDCA

25 flights a week, terminals 1, 2, 3 mi (5 km) from the city centre

About the airport
Washington Dulles International IAD

25 flights a week, 22 mi (36 km) from the city centre

About the airport
Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall BWI

16 flights a week, 28 mi (45 km) from the city centre

About the airport

When to visit Washington

Weather by month

Best time to visit: April, May, September and October, +20° to +26° by day. In November it is +14° by day and +4° at night, with 8 rainy days.

Jan
+6° −2° 8 days
Feb
+9° −1° 10 days
Mar
+15° +3° 8 days
Apr
+20° +8° 11 days
May
+24° +13° 12 days
Jun
+29° +18° 12 days
Jul
+31° +21° 16 days
Aug
+30° +20° 13 days
Sep
+26° +17° 11 days
Oct
+20° +10° 8 days
Nov
+14° +4° 8 days
Dec
+9° 0° 9 days

Daytime and night temperatures in °C, rainy days. Months with the most comfortable weather are in green. Long-term averages.

Frequently asked questions

How long is the flight from Los Angeles to Washington?
A nonstop flight takes 5 hours on average, from 4h 44m to 10h 23m depending on the flight.
How far is Washington from Los Angeles?
2,294 mi (3,692 km) in a straight line between the cities.
Which airlines fly nonstop from Los Angeles to Washington?
United Airlines (38 a week), Southwest Airlines (14 a week), American Airlines (7 a week) and Delta (7 a week).
How many flights a day are there from Los Angeles to Washington?
8 flights today and 66 a week, about 9.4 a day on average.
When are the first and last flights from Los Angeles to Washington?
The first departure is at 05:05 (WN2546), the last at 08:30 (WN257). Local time.
What is the cheapest month to fly from Los Angeles to Washington?
December 2026: tickets from $134. The most expensive is January 2027, from $195.
What is the cheapest upcoming date to fly from Los Angeles to Washington?
10 December 2026 (Thursday): from $134 one way, with a connection, by recent searches. The search shows the price for your dates.
Which airline is the cheapest from Los Angeles to Washington?
American Airlines: nonstop tickets from $197 on 18 February by recent searches. Prices change daily, so compare the sellers in the search.
What is the time difference between Los Angeles and Washington?
Washington is 3 hours ahead of Los Angeles. Schedule times on this page are local to each airport.
Which Los Angeles airport do flights to Washington leave from?
Los Angeles International (66 a week), Long Beach and Ontario International.
Which Washington airport is closest to the city centre?
Ronald Reagan National (DCA), 3 mi (5 km) from the city centre. Others: Washington Dulles International 22 mi (36 km) and Baltimore/Wash International Thurgood Marshall 28 mi (45 km).