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United Airlines BOS to LAX on-time performance

United Airlines nonstop flights from Boston to Los Angeles · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.1%
8 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
67 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 4
route average 75% on time

Key facts

  • United Airlines flights on BOS to LAX arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.1% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (54%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 77.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 83.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 73.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 74.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 75.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 67.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 78.2% on time, 5.2% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 71.1% on time, 10.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 84.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 83.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 82.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 68.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 77.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft54%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)25%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion20%
  • Extreme weather2%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on BOS to LAX

Full BOS to LAX comparison →
United Airlines on-time record across all routes →

716 United Airlines flights tracked on this route; 8 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.