Flights from Boston to Los Angeles

• In 2009, there were 6 airline companies operating between Boston and Los Angeles.
• American Airlines carried a total of 213,185 passengers from BOS to LAX in 2009.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Boston and Los Angeles from American Airlines is the B767-3/R built by Boeing with 225 seats.
• JetBlue Airways offers the shortest flight times from Boston to Los Angeles.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from BOS to LAX for UNITED is the A319 built by Airbus Industrie with 120 seats.
• There were 446,276 passengers that flew from Boston to Los Angeles in 2009.
• 541,039 seats were available on flights from BOS to LAX in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 446,276 passengers flew on all flights from BOS to LAX that year.
• The average flight time from Boston, MA to Los Angeles, CA takes about 342 minutes.
• The shortest flight distance between Boston and Los Angeles is 2611 miles.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Boston, MA to Los Angeles, CA in 2009 was American Airlines' B757-2 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• American Airlines, Virgin America, UNITED, JetBlue Airways, Delta Airlines, Etihad Airways offer flights from Boston, MA to Los Angeles, CA.
• JetBlue Airways, UNITED, American Airlines operate the shortest flights from Boston to Los Angeles.
• The newest aircraft servicing BOS to LAX in 2009 was American Airlines' B737-8 from Boeing. The B737-8 started flying in 1998.
• Flight #725, operated by American Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 14 minutes average delay between flights from Boston to Los Angeles.
• American Airlines operated flights from BOS to LAX using 4 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The shortest flight between BOS and LAX takes about 336 minutes.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Boston to Los Angeles in 2009 was 80.71%.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)