San Jose to Los Angeles nonstop
Yes: Southwest, SkyWest, Delta, Frontier, American and United fly direct from San Jose (SJC) to Los Angeles (LAX) about 12 times a day, year-round.
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San Jose to Los Angeles in numbers
Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.
- Distance and flight time
- 308 miles nonstop, about 1 hr 10 min gate to gate. Flight time is an estimate from the great-circle distance; the filings carry distance, not scheduled elapsed time.
- Seasonality
- Flew every month of the last year: busiest in September 2025 (99 flights a week), quietest in January 2026 (72 flights a week).
- Sep 2025: 99 flights a week
- Oct 2025: 95 flights a week
- Nov 2025: 77 flights a week
- Dec 2025: 85 flights a week
- Jan 2026: 72 flights a week
- Feb 2026: 79 flights a week
- Mar 2026: 79 flights a week
- Apr 2026: 79 flights a week
- May 2026: 86 flights a week
- Jun 2026: 91 flights a week
- Jul 2026: 92 flights a week
- Aug 2026: 86 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings. - Who operates the flights
- Southwest 45%, SkyWest 30% (regional operator), Delta 21%, Frontier 4%, American under 1%, United under 1% of departures, counted across the August 2026 and February 2026 US DOT on-time filings.
- Fares
- Half of the 8,305 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $100 and $200 one way, median $125. The survey runs a couple of quarters behind, so read it as the shape of the route's pricing rather than today's quote.
- Jul to Sep (Q3 2024): median $100 one way, middle half $50 to $175, 10,025 tickets
- Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $75 one way, middle half $50 to $175, 11,417 tickets
- Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $100 one way, middle half $50 to $175, 9,063 tickets
- Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $125 one way, middle half $100 to $200, 8,305 tickets
Oct to Dec trips were the cheapest (median $75 one way) and Apr to Jun trips cost the most (median $125), in the DOT ticket survey for Q3 2024 to Q2 2025. Bars show the middle half of one-way fares; the mark is the median.
Flying the other way? Los Angeles to San Jose nonstop.
Other airports near San Jose with nonstops to Los Angeles
Within about 100 miles of Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport
Also nonstop from San Jose (SJC)
Busiest other routes out of the same airport
- San Diego (SAN) about 15 times a day
- Seattle (SEA) about 14 times a day
- Las Vegas (LAS) about 9 times a day
- Santa Ana (SNA) about 7 times a day
- Denver (DEN) about 7 times a day
- Phoenix (PHX) about 7 times a day
- Burbank (BUR) about 6 times a day
- Portland (PDX) about 6 times a day
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