Direct Flights from Los Angeles to Tulsa
Tulsa · Oklahoma
Nonstop service from LAX to TUL on American. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
20 cities have a nonstop to Tulsa, Los Angeles among them.
How long to go to Tulsa for, from Los Angeles
3h 5m in the air, 1,280 miles. That is a long weekend without much friction, though three nights beats two once you add the airport time at both ends.
About Tulsa
Tulsa calls itself the "Oil Capital of the World." Here, the age of the oil boom found its center. A small town by US standards, metropolitan luxuries such as theater, fine dining, nightlife, and shopping are found in a state known for sparsely populated farming communities. The picturesque downtown is surrounded by rolling hills covered with prairie grasses and ancient forests, a first impression that soon reveals world-class architecture and museums of art, miles of biking and walking trails, and huge parks. With a wealth of iconic sights and neighborhoods to explore, a trip to Tulsa can easily fit several weeks of touring.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in Tulsa
- Philbrook Museum of Art is an art museum with expansive formal gardens located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- Gilcrease Museum, also known as the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, is a museum northwest of downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma housing the world's largest, most comprehensive collection of art of the Ameri…
- The Cathedral of the Holy Family is a cathedral of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It is the mother church of the Diocese of Tulsa and is the seat of the bishop.
- The Tulsa Zoo is an 84-acre (34 ha) zoo located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. The Tulsa Zoo is owned by the City of Tulsa but since 2010 has been privately managed by Tulsa Zoo Management, Inc.
- Woodward Park is a 45-acre (18 ha) public park, botanical garden, and arboretum located between 21st Street and 24th Street east of South Peoria Avenue and west of South Rockford Street in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the Midwest…
- The Oklahoma Aquarium is 72,000-square-foot (6,700 m2) public aquarium built in 2002 and opened on May 28, 2003, in Jenks, a southern suburb of Tulsa.
- The Will Rogers Memorial Museum is a 19,052-square-foot (1,770 m2) museum in Claremore, Oklahoma that memorializes entertainer Will Rogers.
- The Woody Guthrie Center is a public museum and archive located in Tulsa, Oklahoma that is dedicated to the life and legacy of American folk musician and singer-songwriter Woody Guthrie.
- The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art (SMMJA) in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was founded in 1966 as the Gershon & Rebecca Fenster Museum of Jewish Art.
- Tulsa Botanic Garden is a 170 acres (69 ha) botanical garden under ongoing development at 3900 Tulsa Botanic Drive, approximately 8 miles (13 km) northwest of downtown Tulsa, in Osage County, Oklahoma.
- Washington Irving Memorial Park and Arboretum is a public park and arboretum located just north of the Arkansas River Bridge at 13700 S. Memorial Drive, Bixby, Oklahoma.
- The Tulsa Air and Space Museum (TASM) is an aerospace museum in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. It is located in the northwest corner of the Tulsa International Airport property.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Tulsa 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
- Tulsa 49°F · Los Angeles 66°F · 17° colder
- April
- Tulsa 72°F · Los Angeles 68°F · 4° warmer
- July
- Tulsa 94°F · Los Angeles 75°F · 19° warmer
- October
- Tulsa 74°F · Los Angeles 74°F · much the same
July averages 94°F, hot enough to plan the middle of the day around. Tulsa also swings harder through the year than Los Angeles does — 45° 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 Tulsa
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Tulsa is March–May and October–November, when daytime highs are a comfortable 61–80°F.
- How long to stay
- Tulsa rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Philbrook Museum of Art, Gilcrease Museum, and Holy Family Cathedral (Tulsa, Oklahoma) and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Los Angeles to Tulsa?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Los Angeles (LAX) to Tulsa (TUL) on American.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Los Angeles to Tulsa?
- American flies nonstop between Los Angeles (LAX) and Tulsa (TUL).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Los Angeles to Tulsa?
- There is about 1 nonstop departure per day (roughly 7 per week) from Los Angeles to Tulsa.
- How far is Tulsa from Los Angeles?
- Tulsa is about 1,280 miles from Los Angeles by air.
- What is there to do in Tulsa?
- Popular things to do include Philbrook Museum of Art, Gilcrease Museum, Holy Family Cathedral (Tulsa, Oklahoma), Tulsa Zoo, and more.
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