American Airlines ATL to LAX on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Atlanta to Los Angeles · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
73%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.5%
2 flights
Avg arrival delay
34 min
124 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 78% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on ATL to LAX arrived on time 73% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.5% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 78% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (52%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft52%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)40%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion5%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security1%
Other airlines on ATL to LAX
- Delta Air Lines79% on time · 13 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines71% on time · 19 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines82% on time · 16 min avg delay
Full ATL to LAX comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
380 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 2 cancelled, 0 diverted.
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.