Delta Air Lines SFO to LAX on-time performance
Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from San Francisco to Los Angeles · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
72%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.6%
38 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
64 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 8
route average 73% on time
Key facts
- Delta Air Lines flights on SFO to LAX arrived on time 72% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.6% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 8 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (65%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft65%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)23%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion11%
- Security0%
- Extreme weather0%
Other airlines on SFO to LAX
- United Airlines78% on time · 11 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines75% on time · 16 min avg delay
- Southwest Airlines60% on time · 25 min avg delay
- Alaska Airlines68% on time · 17 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines68% on time · 27 min avg delay
- American Airlines74% on time · 28 min avg delay
- Envoy Air0% on time · 35 min avg delay
Full SFO to LAX comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →
2,374 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 38 cancelled, 2 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.