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Airport · LAX · Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, CA

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Los Angeles, CA (LAX) ranks #6 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Los Angeles, CA posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as one of the busiest U.S. airports.

Data updated 2026-06-13

82.8%
On-time
Top 57%
on-time, US airports
73 min
Delay when late
0.74%
Cancelled
#6 of 382
Corpus placement
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LAX on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%82.8%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 11,609,024.

Late Aircraft 36.3% (4,217,660 min)
Carrier 41.7% (4,840,709 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 18.5% (2,143,944 min)
Weather 3.3% (381,005 min)
Security 0.2% (25,706 min)

LAX - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (93.2%) · worst: June (89.3%)

89%90%91%92%93%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 89.9%

LAX - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 96% 91% ▼ -5.2%

LAX - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 18.2 min · taxi-in 10.6 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

16 min17 min18 min19 min20 min21 min Jan 24Dec 25 18.1 min 18.8 min ▲ +3.9%

LAX's average taxi-out (18.2 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 17.0 min (January 2025) to 20.0 min (June 2024).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Los Angeles, CA.

Cancellation Rate

0.74%

15,795 of 2,137,032 flights

Diversion Rate

0.13%

2,773 of 2,137,032 flights

Delay Rate

17.2%

366,815 of 2,137,032 flights

Top Routes from LAX

Busiest routes to and from Los Angeles, CA.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
LAX (Los Angeles) → SFO (San Francisco) 63,553 78.7% 337 mi
SFO (San Francisco) → LAX (Los Angeles) 63,540 82.9% 337 mi
LAX (Los Angeles) → LAS (Las Vegas) 55,240 78.9% 236 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → LAX (Los Angeles) 55,149 79.4% 236 mi
JFK (New York) → LAX (Los Angeles) 53,628 81.3% 2,475 mi
LAX (Los Angeles) → JFK (New York) 53,619 81.8% 2,475 mi
DEN (Denver) → LAX (Los Angeles) 42,179 80.3% 862 mi
LAX (Los Angeles) → DEN (Denver) 42,014 84.3% 862 mi
SEA (Seattle) → LAX (Los Angeles) 41,859 84% 954 mi
LAX (Los Angeles) → SEA (Seattle) 41,819 86.2% 954 mi
LAX (Los Angeles) → PHX (Phoenix) 40,246 83.7% 370 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → LAX (Los Angeles) 40,241 85% 370 mi
LAX (Los Angeles) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 37,750 81.1% 1,235 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → LAX (Los Angeles) 37,739 77.2% 1,235 mi
ORD (Chicago) → LAX (Los Angeles) 37,020 79.8% 1,744 mi
LAX (Los Angeles) → ORD (Chicago) 36,987 84.3% 1,744 mi
LAX (Los Angeles) → SJC (San Jose) 30,318 87.3% 308 mi
LAX (Los Angeles) → ATL (Atlanta) 30,220 81.3% 1,947 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → LAX (Los Angeles) 30,211 79.5% 1,947 mi
SJC (San Jose) → LAX (Los Angeles) 30,152 88.4% 308 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Los Angeles, CA, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 82.8%).

Columbus, OH

Columbus, OH

82.8% on-time 450,603 flights

Louisville, KY

Louisville, KY

82.8% on-time 252,784 flights

Harrisburg, PA

Harrisburg, PA

82.8% on-time 60,271 flights

Springfield, IL

Springfield, IL

82.8% on-time 8,116 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 2,137,032).

Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix, AZ

2,030,209 flights 81.7% on-time

Las Vegas, NV

Las Vegas, NV

1,986,833 flights 78% on-time

Charlotte, NC

Charlotte, NC

2,345,248 flights 82% on-time

Seattle, WA

Seattle, WA

1,871,155 flights 83.1% on-time

Other Airports in California

Compare performance with other California airports.

SFO 81%

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco · 1,466,784 flights
SAN 80.8%

San Diego, CA

San Diego · 973,807 flights
SMF 82.7%

Sacramento, CA

Sacramento · 592,833 flights
SJC 84.2%

San Jose, CA

San Jose · 546,547 flights
SNA 82.5%

Santa Ana, CA

Santa Ana · 482,186 flights
OAK 81.7%

Oakland, CA

Oakland · 472,036 flights
BUR 82.4%

Burbank, CA

Burbank · 319,148 flights
ONT 82.3%

Ontario, CA

Ontario · 272,856 flights

LAX delay-share reading

The standout signal at Los Angeles, CA is traffic scale: 2,137,032 BTS flights (2020–2025) place it #6 of 382 by book size. That busy-book footprint sits beside a 82.8% on-time rate (3.8 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average), 366,815 delayed departures, and 15,795 cancellations (0.74% of the book).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (36.3% late-aircraft, 41.7% carrier, 18.5% NAS, 3.3% weather, 0.2% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, LAX is strongest in September (93.2% on-time) and weakest in June (89.3%), a 3.9-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~31,847 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to SFO (San Francisco) at 78.7% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for California: California flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using LAX's data

LAX's on-time book is mid-pack; month and delay-cause mix move more than the headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from LAX before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in September rather than June if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 18.2 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.