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Delta Air Lines LAX to BOS on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.9%
24 flights
Avg arrival delay
21 min
88 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 77% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on LAX to BOS arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.9% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 77% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (41%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 89.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 90.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 69.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 65.5% on time, 1.7% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 78.1% on time, 3.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 84.3% on time, 2.2% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 77.2% on time, 7.1% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 77.0% on time, 5.1% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 71.6% on time, 1.1% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 71.3% on time, 1.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 86.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 80.4% on time, 0.9% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 75.2% 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)41%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion31%
  • Late-arriving aircraft20%
  • Extreme weather8%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on LAX to BOS

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

1,236 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 24 cancelled, 3 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.