Flights from Philadelphia to Los Angeles

• US Airways carried a total of 242,240 passengers from PHL to LAX in 2009.
• US Airways, UNITED, Delta Airlines, Northwest Airlines offer flights from Philadelphia, PA to Los Angeles, CA.
• In 2009, there were 4 airline companies operating between Philadelphia and Los Angeles.
• The newest aircraft servicing PHL to LAX in 2009 was Delta Airlines' B737-8 from Boeing. The B737-8 started flying in 1998.
• US Airways offers the shortest flight times from Philadelphia to Los Angeles.
• US Airways operated flights from PHL to LAX using 4 types of aircraft in 2009.
• Flight #729, operated by US Airways, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 15 minutes average delay between flights from Philadelphia to Los Angeles.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Philadelphia to Los Angeles in 2009 was 79.92%.
• There were 291,910 passengers that flew from Philadelphia to Los Angeles in 2009.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Philadelphia and Los Angeles from Delta Airlines is the B757-2 built by Boeing with 184 seats.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from PHL to LAX for Northwest Airlines is the A319 built by Airbus Industrie with 54 seats.
• The shortest flight distance between Philadelphia and Los Angeles is 2401 miles.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Philadelphia, PA to Los Angeles, CA in 2009 was Delta Airlines' B757-2 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• The average flight time from Philadelphia, PA to Los Angeles, CA takes about 316 minutes.
• The shortest flight between PHL and LAX takes about 316 minutes.
• UNITED, US Airways operate the shortest flights from Philadelphia to Los Angeles.
• 359,481 seats were available on flights from PHL to LAX in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 291,910 passengers flew on all flights from PHL to LAX that year.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)