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Alaska Airlines SEA to LAX on-time performance

Alaska Airlines nonstop flights from Seattle to Los Angeles · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.9%
31 flights
Avg arrival delay
9 min
42 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 6
route average 83% on time

Key facts

  • Alaska Airlines flights on SEA to LAX arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.9% were cancelled, and 4% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #5 of 6 airlines on this route, which averaged 83% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (38%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 70.7% on time, 2.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 70.7% on time, 0.7% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 87.4% on time, 0.7% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 86.0% on time, 2.9% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 81.8% on time, 1.2% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 70.1% on time, 1.3% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 81.5% on time, 0.4% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 84.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 83.1% on time, 2.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 89.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 87.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 83.9% on time, 0.7% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 67.2% on time, 0.6% 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)38%
  • Late-arriving aircraft38%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion21%
  • Extreme weather3%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on SEA to LAX

Full SEA to LAX comparison →
Alaska Airlines on-time record across all routes →

3,289 Alaska Airlines flights tracked on this route; 31 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.