FLL to LAX: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Fort Lauderdale to Los Angeles?

The great-circle distance between Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is 3,763 km (2,338 mi, 2,032 nautical miles). That is the straight-line distance; a real flight is a little longer because of air-traffic routing.

How long is the flight from FLL to LAX?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 5h 10m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. LAX is roughly northwest of FLL.

How is the FLL to LAX route written in code?

The pair is written FLL-LAX in IATA codes and KFLL-KLAX in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport is FLL (KFLL), Los Angeles International Airport is LAX (KLAX).

Both ICAO codes start with K, the prefix ICAO assigns to the contiguous United States, so this is a route inside one ICAO region. How ICAO prefixes are laid out.

LAX sits 116 ft (35 m) higher than FLL, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying FLL to LAX

3 airlines appear on this route in the open route dataset, 3 of them still listed as active. Each row gives the IATA code, the ICAO code and the radio callsign, which is what an air traffic controller hears:

Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on 3 July 2026. It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.

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