Flights from New York to Los Angeles

• The newest aircraft servicing JFK to LAX in 2009 was Delta Airlines' B737-8 from Boeing. The B737-8 started flying in 1998.
• UNITED, American Airlines, Delta Airlines, JetBlue Airways operate the shortest flights from New York to Los Angeles.
• American Airlines, Delta Airlines, Virgin America, UNITED, Qantas Airways, JetBlue Airways, North American Airlines offer flights from New York, NY to Los Angeles, CA.
• The shortest flight between JFK and LAX takes about 323 minutes.
• There were 1,394,359 passengers that flew from New York to Los Angeles in 2009.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from JFK to LAX for UNITED is the B757-2 built by Boeing with 110 seats.
• Flight #117, operated by American Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 18 minutes average delay between flights from New York to Los Angeles.
• 1,636,842 seats were available on flights from JFK to LAX in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 1,394,359 passengers flew on all flights from JFK to LAX that year.
• JetBlue Airways offers the shortest flight times from New York to Los Angeles.
• In 2009, there were 7 airline companies operating between New York and Los Angeles.
• American Airlines carried a total of 481,409 passengers from JFK to LAX in 2009.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from New York, NY to Los Angeles, CA in 2009 was American Airlines' B757-2 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• American Airlines operated flights from JFK to LAX using 4 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The shortest flight distance between New York and Los Angeles is 2475 miles.
• The average flight time from New York, NY to Los Angeles, CA takes about 325 minutes.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from New York to Los Angeles in 2009 was 80.32%.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between New York and Los Angeles from Qantas Airways is the B747-4 built by Boeing with 317 seats.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)