Find flights
Deals
When to book
FAQs & Tips
Airlines

Find cheap flights from Los Angeles to South Korea from $488

This is the cheapest one-way flight price found by a KAYAK user in the last 72 hours by searching for a flight from Los Angeles to South Korea departing on 5/6. Fares are subject to change and may not be available on all flights or dates of travel. Click the price to replicate the search for this deal.
1 adult
0 bags
Mon 5/27
Mon 6/3

Search hundreds of travel sites at once for deals on flights to South Korea

In the last 7 days travelers have searched 43,623,357 times on KAYAK, and here is why:

Save 22% or moreCompare multiple travel sites with one search.

Track pricesNot ready to book? Create a price alert for when prices drop.

Filter your dealsChoose cabin class, free Wi-Fi and more.

Bundle and saveSave money when you bundle your flight + hotel.

Best South Korea Flight Deals

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours

Seoul
Incheon1 stop$572
Jeju City
Jeju City1 stop$1,112
Busan
Busan2 stops$1,070
Daegu
Daegu1 stop$1,907

Good to know

Low season

January

High season

March

Cheapest flight

$488
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 19% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 9% lower on average.
Flight from Los Angeles to Incheon

FAQs - booking South Korea flights

  • Are there nonstop flights to South Korea from Los Angeles?

    Yes, you can find a few nonstop flights to South Korea from Los Angeles. Nonstop flights from Los Angeles to South Korea only head into Incheon International Airport (ICN). Asiana Airways, Korean Air, and Thai Airways are the main direct flight providers. The quickest direct flight to South Korea is offered by Asiana Airlines, and it takes about 13h 20min. However, Thai Airways and Korean Air are the cheapest direct flight providers to South Korea from Los Angeles.

  • Can I get public transportation from Incheon International Airport to the metropolitan area?

    Yes, public transport services are available from Incheon Airport to the metropolitan area of Seoul. The train is the fastest and most frequently used means of getting from the airport. The All Stop Train and the Express Train run from Terminals 1 and 2 of the airport to Seoul Station. The Express Train is faster as it does not make any stops along the way, while the All Stop Train makes up to 14 stops. Airport buses are also an alternative public transportation option to the Seoul metropolitan area. Standard and deluxe buses are available, with the latter having fewer stops along the way.

  • What can I do during a layover at Jeju International Airport?

    You can take advantage of the many amenities and services at Jeju International Airport (CJU) during a layover. The third floor of the Domestic Flights area has a culture rest area with art exhibitions, displays, and shows where you can kill time. You can kick back and relax with free internet connection, TV, magazines, snacks, and drinks at the lounges in the Departures Hall. There is also a dedicated nursing and maternity lounge for the privacy of pregnant and nursing moms. If you’re traveling with kids, they can have a fun layover at the playroom at the Domestic Flights area. You can also shop for a souvenir at the duty-free retail outlets in the airport.

  • Can I get car rentals in airports in South Korea?

    Yes, car rental services are available at South Korean airports to make your trip more convenient. Both Terminals 1 and 2 of ICN have two main car rental offices, SK Rent-a-Car and Lotte Rent-a-Car. CJU also has affordable car rental services at the first level of Gate 2 to help you explore the island. AJCar Rental, Lotte Rent-a-Car, and Jeju Car Rental are all available at the airport.

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from Los Angeles to South Korea?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from Los Angeles to South Korea.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from Los Angeles to South Korea?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight to South Korea from Los Angeles is likely to change within 7 days, so travelers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Los Angeles to South Korea?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional round-trip ticket. You could then fly to South Korea with an airline and back to Los Angeles with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Los Angeles to South Korea?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying to South Korea from Los Angeles up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

See more FAQs

Top tips for finding cheap flights to South Korea

  • Looking for a cheap flight? 25% of our users found tickets from Los Angeles to the following destinations at these prices or less: Incheon $544 one-way - $996 round-trip
  • Morning departure is around 4% more expensive than an evening flight, on average*.
  • Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the only airport in Los Angeles that serves flights to South Korea. Passengers of flights to South Korea will check in at Terminal B of LAX.
  • Travelers looking for currency exchange services at Jeju International Airport (CJU) can find them at 1F and 3F of the Arrivals Hall. You can also withdraw money at the ATMs in these areas.
  • You can enjoy a meal and drinks at your favorite restaurants and bars in LAX before your 14h flight to South Korea.
  • If you plan to tour Jejudo Island on your South Korea trip, fly to Jeju International Airport. The airport serves cities and towns on the whole island.
  • US travelers require a visa or a certified Korea Electronic Travel Authorization (K-ETA) to enter South Korea. A K-ETA will suffice for stays of less than 90 days so long as you have a valid passport. You also need a passport valid at the time of entry.
See more tips
*Average of the lowest prices shown in KAYAK’s search results for departures within the next 30 days

Top 5 airlines serving from Los Angeles to South Korea

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Los Angeles to South Korea? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.5
Korean AirOverall score based on 1189 reviews
8.6boarding
8.8crew
8.3comfort
8.2food
8.2entertainment
Airline reviews

The flight crews were extremely professional, helpful, and courteous. Departure and arrival times were accurate. No delay. I will use K airline again. Thanks

10.0 ExcellentAnonymous, Apr 2024IAD - ICN
Read more about Korean Air reviews

The flight crews were extremely professional, helpful, and courteous. Departure and arrival times were accurate. No delay. I will use K airline again. Thanks

We were seated at the back and that was very uncomfortable for me with the turbulence we experienced on our way to Chicago.

I enjoyed flying on Korean Air. The service was great and the food was yummy. They served white fish.

I enjoyed flying on Korean Air. The service was great and the food was yummy, especially the bibimbap and cold spicy noodles. The only thing that bummed me out on this red-eye flight was that my seat did not properly recline so I was not able to sleep.

On time and flight crew are always so happy to help and always smiling unlike other airlines.

Great crew, decent food Charging plugs were broken on both seats next to me. Only the USB port was available, and that charges, very, very slowly. Seat was also broken, it would not lock into position when reclining.

Korean Air had great service and the Bibimbap dish was the best airplane food I’ve ever had. It was a long flight so in between the two meals they served customers could get Shin ramen. The flight attendants let my children use a pair of nice headphones for the flight and had earbuds and slippers for all the adults. The flight was long but the time passed by relatively quickly because they have many great shows in their entertainment TV. I watched the BTS Love Yourself and Speak Yourself concerts 💜

Stewardess are nice. Food could have been better and should have a better dessert. They do not offer scotch or beer. You have to ask for it. I also was not happy that you do not serve ginger ale and or cranberry juice. This is my first time that an international flight do not have this. I go home overseas every year and when I travel through ANA, Delta, Qatar, JAL, Asiana Air, United Air. they all serve this two very famous drink. You do not have a great snack tray.

You did not put me on a Korean Air flight! so I do not have nothing to say

Wonderful cabin crew!!!!! Food was poor, in flight entertainment was just ok. They need to serve more water on a 15 hour flight--we were dehydrated and kept asking for water.

Plane and service were great. The entertainment is only for Koreans. Wish there were vegetarian options for food. All in all pleasantly surprised. Economy premium was quite good.

This form doesn’t work. Can’t type in, had to copy-paste. The crew constantly telling everyone about minor things is unnecessary. Did you put the belt on, push your bag more under the seat… The seat space was good for tall people, the food was decent for airplane.

Roomy seats for the given price! I couldn’t ask more!

Great airline, but there was no English entertainment (movies or shows)

Check-in was an absolute disaster, taking more than an hour and half because they offered no online check-in and Kiosks were not available to use. In-flight entertainment was exclusively Korean media with a selection of only 5 or 6 movies to choose from. Korean television shows were also available. The food was lackluster. My chicken and tomatoes had 3 small pieces of chicken next to a mountain of soggy wedge potato fries. The seats were more comfortable than other airlines I’ve flown with and the staff aboard was extremely pleasant and helpful.

One of our luggage items was damaged during our flight to Newark from Incheon. Although our email communication was not responded to, when discussing the matter with the staff at the Newark checkin before our return flight to Incheon, we were provided with a free replacement luggage item. This customer service was, overall, very satisfactory.

I would have enjoyed some hot tea, preferably green tea, but they only serve hot coffee.

10 Hours delay on departure of the return flight and in-flight Wi-Fi was not available entire flying time all that caused monetary loss to my business.

Some favorite food ran out of service and I have to eat what was left available. Also I had to drink cold red wind! Why could not have been kept in room temperature?

It was a good flight, with great crew and service. I will definitely fly with them again. Excellent experience and very friendly. Excellent value.

Fast and efficient boarding. Flight was on time. Service was very good for our long flight. First time flying with this airline and I would highly recommend.

Eva Air's Business Class is pretty decent. With the given price, I think that the food can be better.

Pleasant, comfortable, and entertaining. All told, ZERO issues with it. And sadly, so far the flight was WAY more comfortable than the hellhole that is "Lambug Beach Resort" at Badian Beach!

It was a pleasant fly with Eva Air from NYC to Taipei. The crew were friendly and the food was exceeded my expectation.

Eva air is a good airline. The seats on the way to Taipei could have certainly been more comfortable, but all in all it was a pretty good experience.

Overall the flight was what might be expected for a long haul flight to Asia in economy class. The cabin crew was attentive and the food was good. Boarding was fairly fast and easy. The one thing I found frustrating was the EVA app. It is terrible. Trying to do anything on it was almost impossible.

EVA would not help with ticket issue since they were purchased through a travel agency. Even though it was EVA ticket stock. Travel agency Budget Air didn't reissue ticket after airline change which I didn’t learn until trying to checkin on Christmas Day and there was no contact number for the agency to help. I will never use Budget Air to purchase flight again and disappointed in EVA’s refusal to help. Thankfully just under 12 hrs before departure someone from the agency was available to reissue tickets. I was starting to think we would not be flying and the stress trying to resolve was completely unacceptable.

seamless check in/ friendly staff, food is good, always love flying Eva Air

Very uncomfortable and crowded seats in economy. Flight attendant refused request to move to nearby unused seat with more legroom because “It was more money for that seat”. It was also near impossible to reach airline directly by phone. Waits upwards of an hour and not very helpful customer service representatives after long wait. Cannot recommend this airline.

My experience with Eva sir was good except the long walk in LA Lex, that was inconvenient for my age,

Flight attendants rude, they disappear for almost 3 hours not doing rounds to see what people needed. The laboratories were full of empty water cups, because they never come back to collect them.

The flight attendant, where kind of rude, there where hiding for almost 3 hours, without doing rounds to see if people needed water or pickup the water cups, the toilets were full of water cups, because they never come back to pick them up.

Flew on an Airbus 350-900. Excellent aircraft properly cleaned and serviced. Flight crew was excellent plane departed and arrived on time. The A350 has excellent air circulation far better than the 777. I would recommend Asiana to anyone looking to fly in a clean comfortable environment. This is my second round trip flight from New York to Bangkok via Asiana and I will book Asiana again!

I could not choose my seat prior to check in

I had the most wonderful experience from CEB bag drop through deplaning. The staff, the aircraft, food, and cabin crew were all amazing. I want to give a kudos to Marky from Mactan Cebu's Asiana airport staff for his exceptional customer service and assistance.

JetBlue's check-in was great, but there was an in-flight attendant who was very rude and unkind. I didn't realize that the bathrooms were already locked 30 mins prior to landing and needed to use the restroom. Instead of politely asking me to return, she rudely told me, 'NO, bathrooms are locked! Go back to your seat!' The JetBlue flight was more than an hour delay, which made me almost miss my connecting flight with Asiana. I understand the reasoning, but the action they took to get a hold of maintenance was time consuming. It took them more than 30 mins to get a hold of maintenance and for maintenance to get started. The Asiana flight and crew were wonderful, in general. They waited for us who were delayed from the previous flight before they took off and were very kind to take my checked baggage's info. Seats were a little uncomfortable for such long flight, but service and flight attendants were great! However, my 3 checked baggages are missing! They're lost somewhere in the transition. I'm writing this review 3 days after my arrival to the Philippines, and my 3 checked baggages, where my wedding dress is, are all still missing! I and the CEB airport crew have sent multiple emails to both JetBlue and Asiana, and neither has responded to any of our emails. Although, I was able to get in contact with JetBlue's Interline Department who confirmed that the bags were turned over to Asiana without confirmation details.

The full flat bed was not that comfortable, hard and lumpy., too much space wasted with those bulky walls and divisions instead of making the bed 3-4 inches wider. The compartment where you put your feet is like a shoebox, poor design. Toilets of A350 are just too small, sink is too small

Aside from a LOT of turbulence the flight was perfect! The flight crew was superb and the food was delicious!

The seats (legroom) are tight and chairs cushion is stiff (not comfortable). The crew was courteous, professional and friendly. There was no food / snack for this flight (very short flight, but still would be nice to provide some snack for the enjoyment).

FA were very great, plane was A350 new and clean

Unable to perform online check in using Hawaiian Airlines APP Only ONE meal choice available - Totally unacceptable Low Airline ranking compared to other International airlines and service Old Airplane (A330-200) Entertainment system - Outdated Total Score - Mediocre

This flight was delayed approximately 4 hours due to bad weather in HNL.

It was great with the exception of a rude desk member on the way back. And a terrible sandwich on the way back.

One of the best flights Ive had in a long time

Flight delayed then cancelled then gate changed two times then baggage lost.

My flight was canceled minutes before boarding started. It took three hours to get rebooked and it was on another airline overnight with another stop added. All I got was two $15 food coupons.

The plane is extremely loud and there’s no place to charge devices.

Not great to be very honest. Our flight was delayed after we sat at the airport until 15 minutes after we were supposed to leave . We were then notified the plane was being worked on “and the parts were out in the ground and still not finished .” Even though the work started the evening before and they knew it wasn’t fixed. . Then we were told it would be a 1:15 pm boarding time so we waited then at 1:45pm we were told it would be an 11:15pm boarding . It was changed to and 3:55am boarding the next morning . We lost out on a day in Hawaii and a night of our VRBO rental.

Safety record impeccable and important since flying many hours and thousands of miles over ocean.

Love the food service and attentiveness of the crew. Could have wi-if on flight

Book cheap flights from Los Angeles to South Korea

Recent round-trip flight deals

5/8Wed
1 stopXiamenAir
20h 35mLAX-ICN
5/17Fri
1 stopXiamenAir
22h 10mICN-LAX
$572
5/8Wed
1 stopXiamenAir
20h 35mLAX-ICN
5/15Wed
1 stopXiamenAir
22h 10mICN-LAX
$596
5/8Wed
1 stopXiamenAir
20h 35mLAX-ICN
5/15Wed
1 stopXiamenAir
22h 10mICN-LAX
$601
9/1Sun
1 stopEVA Air
25h 55mLAX-ICN
11/5Tue
1 stopEVA Air
16h 50mICN-LAX
$1,042
10/6Sun
1 stopEVA Air
18h 45mLAX-ICN
10/28Mon
1 stopEVA Air
16h 50mICN-LAX
$1,055
8/21Wed
nonstopAIR PREMIA
12h 55mLAX-ICN
11/20Wed
nonstopAIR PREMIA
35h 30mICN-LAX
$1,063
5/6Mon
2 stopsAsiana Airlines
36h 50mLAX-PUS
5/13Mon
2 stopsAsiana Airlines
39h 00mPUS-LAX
$1,343
5/13Mon
2 stopsAsiana Airlines
30h 15mLAX-PUS
5/17Fri
2 stopsAsiana Airlines
35h 50mPUS-LAX
$1,359
7/15Mon
2 stopsKorean Air
20h 20mLAX-PUS
8/21Wed
1 stopKorean Air
17h 35mPUS-LAX
$1,753
5/10Fri
2 stopsKorean Air
19h 39mLAX-PUS
6/11Tue
1 stopKorean Air
17h 05mPUS-LAX
$5,790

Search by stops

Search by airline

Search by price

Recent one-way flight deals

5/6Mon
2 stops
21h 40mLAX-ICN
$488
4/30Tue
1 stopXiamenAir
20h 15mLAX-ICN
$499
5/21Tue
nonstopAIR PREMIA
12h 55mLAX-ICN
$568
7/11Thu
1 stopHawaiian Airlines
20h 00mLAX-ICN
$585
7/15Mon
nonstopAIR PREMIA
12h 55mLAX-ICN
$588
5/1Wed
1 stopHawaiian Airlines
32h 55mLAX-ICN
$589
5/1Wed
1 stopEVA Air
32h 50mLAX-GMP
$708
5/2Thu
1 stopEVA Air
26h 30mLAX-ICN
$746
10/20Sun
1 stopKorean Air
16h 10mLAX-TAE
$939
6/3Mon
2 stopsKorean Air
19h 35mLAX-CJU
$1,520

Search by stops

Search by airline

Search by price

Last minute flights from Los Angeles to South Korea

Last minute flight, train and bus deals

4/28Sun
multi-stop
20h 00mLAX-ICN
5/22Wed
multi-stop
34h 30mICN-LAX
$745
4/30Tue
multi-stopXiamenAir
20h 15mLAX-ICN
5/14Tue
multi-stopXiamenAir
22h 10mICN-LAX
$792
4/28Sun
multi-stopEVA Air
18h 30mLAX-ICN
5/22Wed
multi-stopEVA Air
24h 55mICN-LAX
$1,119
4/28Sun
nonstopAIR PREMIA
12h 55mLAX-ICN
5/8Wed
nonstopAIR PREMIA
11h 30mICN-LAX
$1,165
4/29Mon
nonstopAIR PREMIA
12h 55mLAX-ICN
5/6Mon
nonstopAIR PREMIA
11h 30mICN-LAX
$1,169
5/1Wed
multi-stopEVA Air
32h 50mLAX-GMP
5/10Fri
multi-stopEVA Air
23h 05mGMP-LAX
$1,223
4/28Sun
multi-stopAsiana Airlines
26h 00mLAX-PUS
5/8Wed
multi-stopAsiana Airlines
35h 50mPUS-LAX
$1,288
4/28Sun
multi-stopAsiana Airlines
26h 00mLAX-PUS
5/8Wed
multi-stopAsiana Airlines
39h 00mPUS-LAX
$1,300
4/28Sun
multi-stopKorean Air
33h 05mLAX-PUS
5/8Wed
multi-stopKorean Air
14h 25mPUS-LAX
$1,702
4/28Sun
multi-stopKorean Air
17h 45mLAX-PUS
5/4Sat
multi-stopKorean Air
22h 15mPUS-LAX
$1,751

Search by stops

Search by airline

Search by price

Los Angeles - South Korea Flights

Departure:

Los Angeles (LAX)United States

Return flight deals:

South Korea - Los Angeles

Cabin classes:

$3,023
$2,382
$885
$656