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Delta Air Lines BOS to LAX on-time performance

Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Boston to Los Angeles · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
76%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.9%
24 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
76 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 75% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on BOS to LAX arrived on time 76% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.9% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (40%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 73.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 88.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 79.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 70.5% on time, 1.7% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 78.1% on time, 3.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 64.0% on time, 2.2% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 71.8% on time, 7.1% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 66.2% on time, 5.1% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 80.7% on time, 1.1% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 70.3% on time, 1.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 84.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 69.6% on time, 0.9% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 82.3% on time, 2.6% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)40%
  • Late-arriving aircraft39%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion20%
  • Extreme weather1%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on BOS to LAX

Full BOS to LAX comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →

1,234 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 24 cancelled, 2 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.