Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) delays & on-time performance
Los Angeles, California · 106 nonstop destinations · 12 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at LAX right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
80%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.9%
1,791 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
68 min when late
Departed on time
80%
avg taxi-out 18 min
Figures cover 190,106 departures from LAX; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into LAX were on time 80% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) arrived on time 80% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 0.9% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- SkyWest Airlines was the most punctual airline here (85% on time); Southwest Airlines was the least (73%).
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (91% on time); around 8pm did worst (75%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (39%).
Most delayed routes from LAX
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SFO · San Francisco62%11,235 flts
- DAL · Dallas65%1,471 flts
- HOU · Houston71%1,194 flts
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale74%2,298 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth74%6,225 flts
- ORD · Chicago76%7,025 flts
- STL · St. Louis76%1,027 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas77%8,239 flts
- HNL · Honolulu77%5,514 flts
- MCO · Orlando77%3,554 flts
Most reliable routes from LAX
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- EUG · Eugene93%400 flts
- CLE · Cleveland91%759 flts
- TUL · Tulsa91%375 flts
- RDM · Bend/Redmond90%452 flts
- PSP · Palm Springs90%484 flts
- GEG · Spokane90%877 flts
- MRY · Monterey90%856 flts
- BOI · Boise89%1,375 flts
- BZN · Bozeman89%542 flts
- STS · Santa Rosa89%728 flts
Best airline at LAX
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 85% | 0.6% | 11 min | 52 | 40,763 |
| Envoy Air | 83% | 0.0% | 4 min | 1 | 6 |
| United Airlines | 83% | 0.5% | 12 min | 34 | 29,389 |
| Delta Air Lines | 81% | 1.1% | 14 min | 42 | 37,433 |
| Alaska Airlines | 81% | 0.8% | 11 min | 18 | 9,630 |
| Spirit Airlines | 79% | 2.5% | 17 min | 19 | 3,334 |
| Allegiant Air | 78% | 0.0% | 26 min | 14 | 120 |
| JetBlue | 77% | 2.2% | 17 min | 6 | 7,705 |
| American Airlines | 76% | 1.3% | 22 min | 33 | 29,882 |
| Hawaiian Airlines | 74% | 1.0% | 23 min | 3 | 810 |
| Southwest Airlines | 73% | 0.5% | 14 min | 33 | 25,416 |
| Frontier Airlines | 73% | 1.7% | 22 min | 16 | 5,618 |
Best time to fly out of LAX
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am93%3,524 flts
- 6am91%8,958 flts
- 7am88%12,122 flts
- 8am84%17,025 flts
- 9am83%16,996 flts
- 10am77%13,833 flts
- 11am78%10,292 flts
- 12pm76%9,065 flts
- 1pm76%11,473 flts
- 2pm75%9,087 flts
- 3pm75%7,994 flts
- 4pm79%9,761 flts
- 5pm78%8,277 flts
- 6pm75%10,684 flts
- 7pm79%8,730 flts
- 8pm75%5,997 flts
- 9pm79%8,470 flts
- 10pm80%8,242 flts
- 11pm80%7,439 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)39%
- Late-arriving aircraft37%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion21%
- Extreme weather2%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.