Cheap flights from Katowice to Los Angeles

April is the cheapest month on this route, and the price calendar runs from September through May, so the fares you see sit outside the summer peak. Late autumn and early spring are the quiet stretches, while the weeks around American Thanksgiving and the December holidays fill up fast in both directions. Midweek departures usually cost less than weekend ones, and connections through a European hub are easier to find from Tuesday to Thursday. If you can travel in spring, book a few months ahead; for the winter months, a shorter lead time often works.

No airline flies Katowice to Los Angeles nonstop, so every itinerary is a connecting one. The carriers you will see are Lufthansa, LOT Polish Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Swiss, Austrian, Scandinavian Airlines, Air Canada, TAP Portugal, Air Dolomiti and Condor. Most of them are full-service, which usually means a checked bag and a meal are part of the ticket, though the light fares sold on the same flights often leave the bag out. Condor and the leisure fares on the big carriers sit at the other end, with a lower headline price and extras charged on top. Air Dolomiti tends to appear as a short feeder leg into a larger hub, and Air Canada takes over on the far side of the Atlantic.

You land at Los Angeles International, the city's main gateway, which sits on the coast a short drive southwest of downtown and much further from the inland valleys and Hollywood in traffic. The metro connects the airport to the city through a shuttle to the nearest station, and there are also buses, taxis and ride-hailing pickups from signed areas. If your itinerary connects in the United States, you clear immigration at the first US airport you reach, collect your bag and drop it again, so leave a generous gap. Immigration queues at Los Angeles International can be long in the late afternoon, when the long-haul arrivals bunch up.

Currency

USD ($)

Power sockets

Type A, B · 120 V

Language

Samoan, Hawaiian, Chamorro, Carolinian, Spanish

Emergency number

911

Driving side

right

Calling code

+1

Internet domain

.us

Population of Los Angeles

3.9 M (2020)

Time zone

UTC-07 (America/Los_Angeles)

Country facts: Wikidata

• Confirm that your ticket leaves from Pyrzowice, the only airport serving Katowice, so you do not end up comparing fares from another city.
• On light fares, check whether a checked bag is included or charged as an extra.
• If your connection sits on two separate tickets, allow a long gap, because a missed leg is not protected.
• Sort your US entry authorisation before you book, since it is needed before departure.
• Compare April fares with the winter months, since April is the cheapest month on this route.
• Look at the whole journey time, not just the number of stops, because some connections add a long layover.