REVIEW THE CHANGES LATER THIS MONTH. HAPPENING TODAY, A NEW NONSTOP FLIGHT IS TAKING OFF BETWEEN LA AND SANTA FE, WHICH MEANS THOSE IN NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WILL NO LONGER NEED TO DRIVE TO ALBUQUERQUE TO CATCH A DIRECT FLIGHT TO LA. THE FIRST FLIGHT IS THIS AFTERNOON, AROUND THREE. THE NEW ROUTE CUTS TRAVEL TIME BY MORE THAN AN HOUR COMPARED TO

Nonstop Santa Fe to Los Angeles flights have begun

New route saves travelers hours driving to Albuquerque and stopping in Phoenix

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Updated: 9:17 PM MDT Oct 6, 2025

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Thanks to American Airlines, residents of the state’s capital city are now able to take a commercial flight directly to Los Angeles. The nonstop flights began Monday, and not even counting the 60-mile drive from Santa Fe to the Sunport, the trip will take about half the time of flights that stop in Phoenix on the way to L.A.: just over two hours compared to three hours, 50 minutes.For now, American Airlines has six round-trip L.A. to Santa Fe flights a week, with no more than one a day each way.Information and booking flights can be done online at aa.com.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —

Thanks to American Airlines, residents of the state’s capital city are now able to take a commercial flight directly to Los Angeles.

The nonstop flights began Monday, and not even counting the 60-mile drive from Santa Fe to the Sunport, the trip will take about half the time of flights that stop in Phoenix on the way to L.A.: just over two hours compared to three hours, 50 minutes.

For now, American Airlines has six round-trip L.A. to Santa Fe flights a week, with no more than one a day each way.

Information and booking flights can be done online at aa.com.