JetSetAuthority

Route · United States and Canada

LAX Los Angeles ⇄ SLC Salt Lake City

Los Angeles International Airport (United States) and Salt Lake City International Airport (United States): great-circle distance, estimated scheduled flight time each way, time difference and jet lag.

Distance949 km590 mi513 nautical miles
LAX → SLC2 h 05 minestimated block time
SLC → LAX2 h 10 minestimated block time
Clock change+1 hSalt Lake City vs Los Angeles, today
Great-circle route from Los Angeles (LAX) to Salt Lake City (SLC)LAXLos AngelesSLCSalt Lake City
The shortest path over the Earth’s surface (great circle), drawn on a Natural Earth projection. Real flight paths bend around weather, winds and closed airspace.

Flight time each way

LAX → SLC

2 h 05 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 35° (NE).

Leave Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Salt Lake City Sat 7 Nov, 13:05 local.

SLC → LAX

2 h 10 min

Estimated gate-to-gate scheduled time. Initial heading 219° (SW).

Leave Salt Lake City Sat 7 Nov, 10:00 local → arrive Los Angeles Sat 7 Nov, 11:10 local.

The two directions differ by 8 minutes in our estimate: this route runs mostly north–south, so the prevailing westerly winds make little difference. How we estimate it.

Distance

Great-circle distance949 km · 590 mi · 513 nmi
Initial heading35° (NE) from LAX; 219° (SW) from SLC
Farthest from the equator40.8°N
Crossesneither the equator nor the 180th meridian
Share of the longest possible trip5% of the 20,015 km to the far side of the Earth

Time zones and jet lag

LAXAmerica/Los_Angeles — UTC−7 now; UTC−8 standard time, UTC−7 during daylight saving time
SLCAmerica/Denver — UTC−6 now; UTC−7 standard time, UTC−6 during daylight saving time
DifferenceSalt Lake City is 1 hour ahead of Los Angeles today.

Jet lag, flying LAX → SLC. Your body clock has to move 1 hour earlier, like an eastward trip. A shift this small rarely causes much jet lag; most people feel normal within a day or so. Flying the other way, the shift is reversed.

General information, not medical advice.

The two airports

LAX Los Angeles International AirportLos Angeles, United States · longest runway 12,894 ft3,930 m SLC Salt Lake City International AirportSalt Lake City, United States · longest runway 12,002 ft3,658 m

More routes from LAX and SLC

LAXLAS Los Angeles – Las Vegas 380 km236 mi · 1 h 25 min LAXDFW Los Angeles – Dallas–Fort Worth 1,983 km1,232 mi · 3 h 05 min JFKLAX New York – Los Angeles 3,974 km2,469 mi · 6 h 05 min LAXAMS Los Angeles – Amsterdam 8,956 km5,565 mi · 10 h 45 min LAXTPE Los Angeles – Taipei 10,922 km6,787 mi · 14 h 40 min LAXSIN Los Angeles – Singapore 14,102 km8,762 mi · 18 h 25 min

Routes of a similar length

LHRMUC London – Munich 941 km585 mi · 2 h ATLMIA Atlanta – Miami 959 km596 mi · 2 h 05 min LHRBER London – Berlin 961 km597 mi · 2 h 05 min LHRMXP London – Milan 936 km582 mi · 2 h 05 min

Need a different pair? The flight-time calculator works for any two of 3,245 airports. Not covered: which airlines fly this route, schedules, fares and live status — that data is proprietary and we don’t guess it.

Photos on airport pages are credited there. Estimates are rounded to 5 minutes; typical error about 13 minutes (validation).