SkyWest Airlines SFO to LAX on-time performance
SkyWest Airlines nonstop flights from San Francisco to Los Angeles · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026Regional airline operating flights for United Express, Delta Connection, American Eagle and Alaska.
On-time arrivals
75%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.1%
27 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
61 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 8
route average 73% on time
Key facts
- SkyWest Airlines flights on SFO to LAX arrived on time 75% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.1% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 8 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (42%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion42%
- Late-arriving aircraft35%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)19%
- Extreme weather4%
- Security0%
Other airlines on SFO to LAX
- United Airlines78% on time · 11 min avg delay
- Delta Air Lines72% on time · 19 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 →
SkyWest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
2,568 SkyWest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 27 cancelled, 1 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.