Direct Flights from Los Angeles to Prescott
Prescott · Arizona
Nonstop service from LAX to PRC on United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
This is a rare nonstop: only 2 cities fly direct to Prescott, and Los Angeles is one of them. From anywhere else you'd be connecting.
How long to go to Prescott for, from Los Angeles
1h 10m in the air, 345 miles: short enough that a single night in Prescott is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
Prescott is 4,920 ft higher than Los Angeles, at 5,045 ft. Enough that a first-day hike or a hard workout will feel harder than it does at home, and enough that alcohol goes further.
About Prescott
Prescott is a city in Arizona, and the county seat of Yavapai County. It is home to the world's oldest rodeo, and to the famous Whiskey Row
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Prescott
- Montezuma Castle National Monument protects a well-preserved cliff dwelling located in Camp Verde, Arizona.
- Jerome State Historic Park is a state park of Arizona, United States, featuring the Douglas Mansion, built in 1916 by a family of influential mining entrepreneurs in Jerome, Arizona, a mining region in the northeast of t…
- Fort Whipple is a former United States (U.S.) Army post that was temporarily established at Del Rio Springs, north of present-day Chino Valley, Arizona, and later relocated to a permanent site near present-day Prescott,…
- The Sharlot Hall Museum is an open-air museum and heritage site located in Prescott, Arizona. Opened in 1928 by Sharlot M.
- Dead Horse Ranch State Park is a state park of Arizona, United States, on the Verde River in an area known as the Verde River Greenway.
- Red Rock State Park is a 286-acre (116 ha) state park of Arizona, United States, featuring a red sandstone canyon five miles (8.0 km) southwest the city of Sedona.
- Out of Africa Wildlife Park is a wildlife park and zoo in Camp Verde, Arizona. It was opened to the public in 2005.
- The Museum of Indigenous People, formerly known as the Smoki Museum of American Indian Art and Culture, is located in Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona and holds collections of Native American artifacts.
- Prescott National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Prescott, in Yavapai County, Arizona.
- Fort Verde State Historic Park in the town of Camp Verde, Arizona is a small park that attempts to preserve parts of the Apache Wars-era fort as it appeared in the 1880s.
- The Sedona Film School (SFS), formerly the Zaki Gordon Institute for Independent Filmmaking (ZGI) is an accredited part of Yavapai College and a previous member of CILECT. It is located in Sedona, Arizona.
- Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park is a state park near Yarnell, Arizona, created to memorialize the nineteen members of the Granite Mountain Hotshots who died there on June 30, 2013, while fighting the Yarnel…
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Prescott weather, compared with Los Angeles
Within 1° of Los Angeles on the annual average, so pack much as you would at home — but the two cities do not track each other month to month:
- January
- Prescott 52°F · Los Angeles 66°F · 14° colder
- April
- Prescott 68°F · Los Angeles 68°F · much the same
- July
- Prescott 89°F · Los Angeles 75°F · 14° warmer
- October
- Prescott 73°F · Los Angeles 74°F · 2° colder
Prescott also swings harder through the year than Los Angeles does — 39° between its coldest and warmest months against 11°.
Average daily highs, 1991–2020 station normals from Meteostat (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to Prescott
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Prescott is March–May and October–November, when daytime highs are a comfortable 60–75°F.
- How long to stay
- Prescott rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Montezuma Castle National Monument, Jerome State Historic Park, and Fort Whipple, Arizona and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Los Angeles to Prescott?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Los Angeles (LAX) to Prescott (PRC) on United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Los Angeles to Prescott?
- United flies nonstop between Los Angeles (LAX) and Prescott (PRC).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Los Angeles to Prescott?
- There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from Los Angeles to Prescott.
- How far is Prescott from Los Angeles?
- Prescott is about 345 miles from Los Angeles by air.
- What is there to do in Prescott?
- Popular things to do include Montezuma Castle National Monument, Jerome State Historic Park, Fort Whipple, Arizona, Sharlot Hall Museum, and more.
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