American Airlines JFK to LAX on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from New York to Los Angeles · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
80%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.4%
80 flights
Avg arrival delay
20 min
97 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 4
route average 77% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on JFK to LAX arrived on time 80% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2.4% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 77% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (47%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft47%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)33%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion16%
- Extreme weather3%
- Security0%
Other airlines on JFK to LAX
- JetBlue75% on time · 19 min avg delay
- Delta Air Lines77% on time · 16 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines71% on time · 22 min avg delay
Full JFK to LAX comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
3,267 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 80 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.