Delta Air Lines LAX to SFO on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Los Angeles to San Francisco · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
63%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.6%
38 flights
Avg arrival delay
21 min
54 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 7
route average 62% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on LAX to SFO arrived on time 63% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.6% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #3 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 62% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (52%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion52%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)28%
- Late-arriving aircraft19%
- Extreme weather2%
- Security0%
Other airlines on LAX to SFO
- United Airlines64% on time · 21 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines69% on time · 20 min avg delay
- Southwest Airlines54% on time · 29 min avg delay
- Alaska Airlines51% on time · 28 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines49% on time · 34 min avg delay
- American Airlines62% on time · 29 min avg delay
Full LAX to SFO comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
2,374 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 38 cancelled, 0 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.