Direct Flights from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo · California
Nonstop service from LAX to SBP on United. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Airlines
United
Nonstop flights
~2/day
Distance
155 mi
Flight time
~50mgate to gate
Elevation
212 ftabout the same as home
Days operated
Daily (all week)
How rare is this nonstop?
Only 9 cities have a nonstop to San Luis Obispo, so this is a route worth knowing about — most travelers connect to get there.
How long to go to San Luis Obispo for, from Los Angeles
50m in the air, 155 miles: short enough that a single night in San Luis Obispo is worth it, and a day trip is not absurd.
About San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo is a city in San Luis Obispo County in the Central Coast region of California.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in San Luis Obispo
- Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is a Spanish mission founded September 1, 1772 by Father Junípero Serra in San Luis Obispo, California. The mission was named after San Luis, obispo de Tolosa.
- The Central Coast Zoo is a five-acre (2.0 ha) community zoo located in San Luis Obispo County, California, in the City of Atascadero on the Central Coast.
- Montaña de Oro is a state park in Central Coastal California, six miles southwest of Morro Bay and two miles south of Los Osos.
- Mission San Miguel Arcángel is a Spanish mission in San Miguel, California. It was established on July 25, 1797, by the Franciscan order, on a site chosen specifically due to the large number of Salinan Indians that inha…
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo is a public university in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States, outside of the city limits of San Luis Obispo.
- The San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located in the rolling hills of El Chorro Regional Park, between San Luis Obispo and Morro Bay in San Luis Obispo County, within the Central Coast of California…
- Space Launch Complex 10 (SLC-10), or Missile Launch Complex 10, is located on Vandenberg Space Force Base in Lompoc, California.
- Morro Bay State Park is a state park on the Morro Bay lagoon, in western San Luis Obispo County, on the Central Coast of California.
- Estero Bluffs State Park is a state park of California, United States, on Estero Bay. The park protects a grassland-dominated marine terrace that slopes from California State Route 1 to the Pacific Ocean.
- Hearst San Simeon State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving rocky coast and rare habitats. It is located between Cambria and San Simeon.
- Harmony Headlands State Park preserves an undeveloped parcel of Pacific coast in California, United States.
- Pismo State Beach is a beach on the Pacific coast in the U.S. state of California. It is approximately 17 miles long and fronts the towns of Pismo Beach, Grover Beach, and Oceano in San Luis Obispo County.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
San Luis Obispo 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
- San Luis Obispo 66°F · Los Angeles 66°F · much the same
- April
- San Luis Obispo 69°F · Los Angeles 68°F · much the same
- July
- San Luis Obispo 78°F · Los Angeles 75°F · 3° warmer
- October
- San Luis Obispo 78°F · Los Angeles 74°F · 4° warmer
Daily highs averaged from Meteostat station records (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to San Luis Obispo
- Best time to visit
- San Luis Obispo is comfortable to visit year-round, with daytime highs averaging around 72°F.
- How long to stay
- San Luis Obispo rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, Central Coast Zoo (California), and Montaña de Oro State Park and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Los Angeles (LAX) to San Luis Obispo (SBP) on United.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo?
- United flies nonstop between Los Angeles (LAX) and San Luis Obispo (SBP).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo?
- There are about 2 nonstop departures per day (roughly 14 per week) from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo.
- How far is San Luis Obispo from Los Angeles?
- San Luis Obispo is about 155 miles from Los Angeles by air.
- What is there to do in San Luis Obispo?
- Popular things to do include Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, Central Coast Zoo (California), Montaña de Oro State Park, Mission San Miguel Arcángel, and more.
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