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American Airlines PIT to LAX on-time performance

American Airlines nonstop flights from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.7%
2 flights
Avg arrival delay
31 min
129 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 80% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on PIT to LAX arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.7% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 80% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (56%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 54.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 92.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 80.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 66.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 64.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 69.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 90.5% on time, 8.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 92.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 76.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 91.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 84.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 60.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 76.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft56%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)25%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion15%
  • Extreme weather3%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on PIT to LAX

300 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 2 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.