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LAX vs STS - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
LAX

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles, California

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Airport B
STS

Santa Rosa, CA

Santa Rosa, California

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric LAX STS
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 82.8% 83.3%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 72.9 min 70.1 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 17.2% 16.7%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 0.74% 0.80%
Total Flights 2,137,032 43,075
Delayed Flights 366,815 7,178
Cancelled Flights 15,795 344
Top Delay Cause Carrier Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

LAX - Los Angeles, CA

Carrier 41.7%
Late Aircraft 36.3%
NAS 18.5%
Weather 3.3%
Security 0.2%

STS - Santa Rosa, CA

Late Aircraft 51.4%
Carrier 26.3%
NAS 13.3%
Weather 8.8%
Security 0.2%

Top Routes

Top routes from LAX

Route Flights On-Time
LAX → SFO
San Francisco
63,553 78.7%
SFO → LAX
Los Angeles
63,540 82.9%
LAX → LAS
Las Vegas
55,240 78.9%
LAS → LAX
Los Angeles
55,149 79.4%
JFK → LAX
Los Angeles
53,628 81.3%
LAX → JFK
New York
53,619 81.8%

Top routes from STS

Route Flights On-Time
STS → LAX
Los Angeles
3,457 83.8%
LAX → STS
Santa Rosa
3,375 84%
SAN → STS
Santa Rosa
3,245 80.9%
STS → SAN
San Diego
3,163 77.9%
SEA → STS
Santa Rosa
2,915 81.3%
STS → SEA
Seattle
2,915 80.1%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.