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New York to Los Angeles

1 operator run this water, from 5 h 28.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Alaska Airlines, American Airlines JFK → LAX 3974 km non-stop 320 321 32B in the air 6 h 58 est. rate not held 727 km/h average

Other ways to reach Los Angeles

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Los Angeles without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Glendale Amtrak – Los Angeles 12 min Amtrak
Van Nuys – Los Angeles 23 min Amtrak
Burbank Amtrak – Los Angeles 27 min Amtrak
Fullerton Amtrak Station – Los Angeles 29 min Amtrak
Pomona Amtrak – Los Angeles 41 min Amtrak
Santa Barbara – Los Angeles 41 min United Airlines
Bakersfield – Los Angeles 43 min United Airlines
Palm Springs – Los Angeles 43 min United Airlines
San Diego – Los Angeles 43 min Alaska Airlines
San Luis Obispo – Los Angeles 49 min United Airlines

And other ways to reach New York

Boston – New York 52 min American Airlines
Syracuse – New York 54 min Delta Air Lines
Washington – New York 56 min American Airlines
Dulles – New York 57 min Delta Air Lines, United Airlines
Burlington – New York 1 h 01 Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways
Rochester – New York 1 h 01 Delta Air Lines
Portland – New York 1 h 03 Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways
Buffalo – New York 1 h 05 Delta Air Lines
Norfolk – New York 1 h 05 American Airlines
Richmond – New York 1 h 05 American Airlines, Delta Air Lines

Where else these quays go

Also from New York

Abu Dhabi · Accra · Aguadilla · Albuquerque · Amman · Amsterdam · Atlanta · Austin · Bangor · Barcelona · Beijing · Bergen · Birmingham · Bogota

Also from Los Angeles

Aguascalientes · Albuquerque · Amsterdam · Anchorage · Aspen · Atlanta · Auckland · Austin · Bakersfield · Baltimore · Beijing · Belize City · Boise · Boston

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the New York–Los Angeles crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.