American Airlines PHL to LAX on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Philadelphia to Los Angeles · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.4%
33 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
71 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 3
route average 78% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on PHL to LAX arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.4% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 78% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (40%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft40%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)35%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion20%
- Extreme weather5%
- Security0%
Other airlines on PHL to LAX
- Frontier Airlines71% on time · 21 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines0% on time · 16 min avg delay
Full PHL to LAX comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
2,339 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 33 cancelled, 8 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.