LAX to SAF: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Los Angeles to Santa Fe?

The great-circle distance between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Santa Fe Municipal Airport (SAF) is 1,140 km (708 mi, 615 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 LAX to SAF?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 1h 55m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. SAF is roughly east of LAX.

How is the LAX to SAF route written in code?

The pair is written LAX-SAF in IATA codes and KLAX-KSAF in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Los Angeles International Airport is LAX (KLAX), Santa Fe Municipal Airport is SAF (KSAF).

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.

SAF sits 6,223 ft (1,897 m) higher than LAX, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying LAX to SAF

No carrier is listed as operating this pair in the open route dataset. It appears only as a codeshare, sold by AA, AS, USon another airline's aircraft.

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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