Delta Air Lines ATL to LAX on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Atlanta to Los Angeles · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.8%
30 flights
Avg arrival delay
13 min
55 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 78% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on ATL to LAX arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.8% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 78% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (58%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)58%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion18%
- Late-arriving aircraft17%
- Extreme weather7%
- Security1%
Other airlines on ATL to LAX
- Frontier Airlines71% on time · 19 min avg delay
- American Airlines73% on time · 34 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines82% on time · 16 min avg delay
Full ATL to LAX comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
3,844 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 30 cancelled, 6 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.