New York to Los Angeles flights: the cheapest month to fly
$129one-way
Tue 12 Jan
Frontier Airlines, 2 stops, LaGuardia to Los Angeles International, 44 h 47 min
Long connection: the journey takes at least twice the route's typical time.
See flights for Tue 12 Jan on Aviasales: New York to Los Angeles, Tue 12 Jan, Frontier Airlines, 2 stopsOpens the live search on Aviasales. A fare travellers found, not a live quote.
Each fold is a month; its height is the lowest one-way fare found. Coral is the cheapest; "none" means no fare was found.
Fare by month
tap a month; none = no fare foundCheapest found: Tue 12 Jan, $129, Frontier Airlines, 2 stops from LaGuardia. Tap a month to see its days.
The cheapest one-way fare found from New York to Los Angeles is $129, a trip with 2 stops of 44 h 47 min, for a flight from LaGuardia in Jan 2027; the priciest month in the next ten, Jul 2027, shows $205. All are fares found in recent searches, not live quotes.
The cheapest fare with an ordinary journey time is $144 in Mar 2027 (Frontier Airlines, 1 stop). 3 of the 9 months with a fare are direct, usually about 6 h 8 min in the air. The median monthly fare is $183, so the cheapest month sits 30% below the usual; the priciest, Jul 2027, is 12% above it. Monthly lows come most often from Alaska Airlines (4 months), Frontier Airlines (4) and jetBlue (1); the $129 cheapest month is Frontier Airlines.
Every month
- November 2026Wed 18 Nov, Alaska Airlines, 1 stop, John F. Kennedy International to Los Angeles International, 9 h 2 min$202Search Wed 18 Nov on Aviasales: New York to Los Angeles, Alaska Airlines, 1 stop
- December 2026Thu 10 Dec, Frontier Airlines, 1 stop, LaGuardia to Ontario International, 14 h 8 min; long connection$141Search Thu 10 Dec on Aviasales: New York to Los Angeles, Frontier Airlines, 1 stop
- January 2027Tue 12 Jan, Frontier Airlines, 2 stops, LaGuardia to Los Angeles International, 44 h 47 min; long connection$129Search Tue 12 Jan on Aviasales: New York to Los Angeles, Frontier Airlines, 2 stops
- February 2027Tue 2 Feb, Frontier Airlines, 2 stops, LaGuardia to Los Angeles International, 20 h 45 min; long connection$134Search Tue 2 Feb on Aviasales: New York to Los Angeles, Frontier Airlines, 2 stops
- March 2027Wed 3 Mar, Frontier Airlines, 1 stop, Newark Liberty International to Los Angeles International, 11 h 14 min$144Search Wed 3 Mar on Aviasales: New York to Los Angeles, Frontier Airlines, 1 stop
- April 2027Tue 6 Apr, Alaska Airlines, 1 stop, John F. Kennedy International to Ontario International, 10 h 47 min$183Search Tue 6 Apr on Aviasales: New York to Los Angeles, Alaska Airlines, 1 stop
- May 2027Sat 22 May, jetBlue, direct, John F. Kennedy International to Los Angeles International, 6 h 30 min$203Search Sat 22 May on Aviasales: New York to Los Angeles, jetBlue, direct
- June 2027Tue 1 Jun, Alaska Airlines, direct, Newark Liberty International to Los Angeles International, 6 h 8 min$200Search Tue 1 Jun on Aviasales: New York to Los Angeles, Alaska Airlines, direct
- July 2027Tue 13 Jul, Alaska Airlines, direct, Newark Liberty International to Los Angeles International, 6 h 8 min$205Search Tue 13 Jul on Aviasales: New York to Los Angeles, Alaska Airlines, direct
- August 2027: no fare foundSearch August 2027 on Aviasales: New York to Los Angeles
For connecting trips the airline shown is the one the search returned as the main carrier; other legs may be with other airlines.