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ATL → LAX

Atlanta - Los Angeles

$98
cheapest date in next 11 months · 2026-10-28
1
nights observed · since 2026-09-17
43
fare observations

When to fly: fares by month and weekday

Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Mon
$174
$112
$168
Tue
$163
$107
Wed
$196
$107
Thu
$210
$107
Fri
$199
$110
$210
Sat
$184
$110
$189
Sun
$174
$112
$189
cheapest $107most expensive $210· median of the cheapest fare per departure date in the latest sweep (round trip where offered, otherwise one way)

Fare calendar: cheapest fare per departure date

good (bottom quartile, ≤ $103)typicalexpensive (top quartile, ≥ $174)· observed 2026-09-17
Sep 2026
M
T
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17
18
19$180
20$181
21$181
22$182
23$196
24$210
25$199
26$187
27$166
28$166
29$144
30
Oct 2026
M
T
W
T
F
S
S
1
2
3$103
4$103
5$103
6$103
7$103
8$103
9$103
10$103
11$103
12$103
13$102
14$110
15$110
16$110
17$117
18$120
19$120
20$120
21$120
22$120
23$120
24$120
25$120
26$124
27$111
28$98
29$104
30$110
31
Nov 2026
M
T
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T
F
S
S
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Dec 2026
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T
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18$210
19$189
20$189
21$168
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When to buy: booking curve

Booking curve unlocks after 60 nights of observations - 1 so far.

Long-run seasonality: what people actually paid (DOT, by quarter)

$108$215$323$430Q1 2015 avg fare $305 · 8,647 sampled paxQ2 2015 avg fare $271 · 13,033 sampled paxQ3 2015 avg fare $244 · 13,333 sampled paxQ4 2015 avg fare $233 · 13,992 sampled paxQ1 2016 avg fare $254 · 11,382 sampled paxQ2 2016 avg fare $246 · 14,160 sampled paxQ3 2016 avg fare $249 · 13,441 sampled paxQ4 2016 avg fare $243 · 14,334 sampled paxQ1 2017 avg fare $227 · 13,379 sampled paxQ2 2017 avg fare $256 · 15,773 sampled paxQ3 2017 avg fare $245 · 14,847 sampled paxQ4 2017 avg fare $279 · 15,282 sampled paxQ1 2018 avg fare $244 · 13,872 sampled paxQ2 2018 avg fare $254 · 15,808 sampled paxQ3 2018 avg fare $258 · 14,755 sampled paxQ4 2018 avg fare $275 · 14,856 sampled paxQ1 2019 avg fare $278 · 13,819 sampled paxQ2 2019 avg fare $273 · 15,978 sampled paxQ3 2019 avg fare $274 · 14,128 sampled paxQ4 2019 avg fare $283 · 14,501 sampled paxQ1 2020 avg fare $259 · 9,728 sampled paxQ2 2020 avg fare $227 · 3,087 sampled paxQ3 2020 avg fare $187 · 8,365 sampled paxQ4 2020 avg fare $183 · 8,536 sampled paxQ1 2021 avg fare $189 · 6,925 sampled paxQ2 2021 avg fare $221 · 13,613 sampled paxQ3 2021 avg fare $245 · 13,629 sampled paxQ4 2021 avg fare $280 · 13,090 sampled paxQ1 2022 avg fare $283 · 10,901 sampled paxQ2 2022 avg fare $391 · 12,391 sampled paxQ3 2022 avg fare $380 · 11,277 sampled paxQ4 2022 avg fare $386 · 12,032 sampled paxQ1 2023 avg fare $365 · 11,442 sampled paxQ2 2023 avg fare $352 · 13,486 sampled paxQ3 2023 avg fare $292 · 12,835 sampled paxQ4 2023 avg fare $306 · 13,605 sampled paxQ1 2024 avg fare $340 · 10,869 sampled paxQ2 2024 avg fare $337 · 13,439 sampled paxQ3 2024 avg fare $314 · 11,765 sampled paxQ4 2024 avg fare $329 · 12,882 sampled paxQ1 2025 avg fare $317 · 9,942 sampled paxQ2 2025 avg fare $287 · 13,410 sampled pax20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Q1Q2 / Q4Q3· passenger-weighted average one-way market fare actually paid (this direction), US DOT DB1B 10% ticket sample
Method

Every night the collector pulls the cheapest fare per departure date for the next 11 months from Aviasales search data (Travelpayouts), and, on a rotating schedule, runs a Google Flights search for US routes that also returns Google's 60-day price history for that itinerary. The heatmap and calendar use the latest sweep; "good" and "expensive" are the bottom and top quartile of that sweep. The booking curve pools every observation ever made for this route by days between observation and departure. DOT DB1B is the US Department of Transportation's 10% sample of tickets sold, aggregated by quarter. Prices are indicative, not bookable.