London to Los Angeles
🇬🇧LHR🇺🇸LAXLondon Heathrow Airport to Los Angeles International AirportUnited Kingdom to United States
Distance
8,760 km
5,443 miles
Frequency
79 departures a week
S26 schedule
Airlines
4
Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, American Airlines, codeshares included
Typical delay
27 min
68 departures
The route
Great circle, 8,760 kmHow delayed is this route?
Measured over monthsDepartures from London Heathrow Airport on this route are typically 27 minutes late (likely 22 to 32), across 68 departures we tracked between 2026-03-16 and 2026-06-23.
median delay of tracked departures on this leg. Flight Owl's own resolved departure predictions (flights our users tracked), not a census of all flights at the airport.
Airlines on this route
4 airlines with a flight number here- VSVirgin Atlantic
- BABritish Airways
- AAAmerican Airlines
- UAUnited Airlines
Every airline that puts its own flight number on this route. On a busy pair most of them are codeshare partners selling seats on another airline's aircraft, so this is wider than the list of airlines that actually operate it.
Flights on this route
2 of 13 flight numbers tracked often enough to describe| Flight | Airline | Departs | Aircraft | Departures seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA 135 | American Airlines | 06:20 | not seen yet | 18 |
| VS 7 | Virgin Atlantic | 09:55 | not seen yet | 18 |
Departure times are local to London Heathrow Airport. A flight appears here once we have tracked it at least 10 times.