Route
BWI → LAX
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Los Angeles International Airport
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 72.8%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 1.3%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 60 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 1,670
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Late-arriving aircraft 37%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 37%
- Air traffic control & airport 21%
- Extreme weather 5%
- Security 1%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Show as table
| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 81.4% | 169 |
| October 2025 | 78.7% | 164 |
| November 2025 | 82.8% | 134 |
| December 2025 | 66.4% | 123 |
| January 2026 | 76.0% | 107 |
| February 2026 | 75.2% | 113 |
| March 2026 | 82.3% | 143 |
| April 2026 | 70.9% | 141 |
| May 2026 | 77.5% | 143 |
| June 2026 | 50.3% | 145 |
| July 2026 | 65.3% | 150 |
| August 2026 | 66.4% | 138 |
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data
Airlines on this route
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg. delay when late |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 1,046 | 66.3% | 1.5% | 55 min |
| United Airlines | 578 | 83.2% | 0.9% | 83 min |
| NK | 46 | 91.1% | 2.2% | 31 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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UA1546
35% late · 110 flights
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UA2318
15% late · 82 flights
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UA278
9% late · 76 flights
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UA1845
17% late · 72 flights
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WN1172
10% late · 58 flights
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WN980
55% late · 52 flights
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WN4322
33% late · 51 flights
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WN1691
48% late · 50 flights
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WN1540
7% late · 47 flights
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NK1591
9% late · 43 flights
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WN1571
44% late · 41 flights
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WN1718
10% late · 41 flights
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WN2426
49% late · 41 flights
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UA1220
5% late · 37 flights
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UA1729
9% late · 37 flights
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WN193
61% late · 36 flights
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WN639
3% late · 33 flights
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UA1717
12% late · 32 flights
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UA454
3% late · 31 flights
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WN2142
29% late · 31 flights
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WN499
19% late · 28 flights
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WN2112
35% late · 27 flights
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WN3756
19% late · 27 flights
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WN2103
16% late · 25 flights
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