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Alaska Airlines EWR to LAX on-time performance

Alaska Airlines nonstop flights from Newark to Los Angeles · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
74%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.1%
11 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
67 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 4
route average 72% on time

Key facts

  • Alaska Airlines flights on EWR to LAX arrived on time 74% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.1% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 72% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (46%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 70.5% on time, 1.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 80.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 73.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 52.5% on time, 1.6% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 76.4% on time, 5.2% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 70.0% on time, 3.2% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 69.4% on time, 2.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 84.0% on time, 7.1% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 80.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 96.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 87.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 70.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 58.6% on time, 6.5% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft46%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion32%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)16%
  • Extreme weather6%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on EWR to LAX

Full EWR to LAX comparison →
Alaska Airlines on-time record across all routes →

522 Alaska Airlines flights tracked on this route; 11 cancelled, 1 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.