Route
LAX → SFO
Los Angeles International Airport San Francisco International Airport
Alerts at LAX and SFO
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 60.1%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 0.8%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 60 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 11,437
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Air traffic control & airport 56%
- Late-arriving aircraft 24%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 18%
- Extreme weather 1%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Show as table
| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 70.0% | 916 |
| October 2025 | 64.9% | 990 |
| November 2025 | 63.8% | 903 |
| December 2025 | 65.4% | 842 |
| January 2026 | 81.9% | 772 |
| February 2026 | 70.2% | 742 |
| March 2026 | 85.2% | 927 |
| April 2026 | 48.6% | 988 |
| May 2026 | 44.1% | 1,028 |
| June 2026 | 46.8% | 1,079 |
| July 2026 | 44.5% | 1,118 |
| August 2026 | 52.3% | 1,132 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 3,330 | 62.9% | 0.1% | 59 min |
| SkyWest Airlines | 2,515 | 66.6% | 1.2% | 61 min |
| Delta Air Lines | 2,373 | 60.9% | 1.6% | 56 min |
| Southwest Airlines | 1,473 | 50.7% | 0.3% | 64 min |
| Alaska Airlines | 1,049 | 50.9% | 0.7% | 57 min |
| Frontier Airlines | 395 | 47.7% | 2.3% | 68 min |
| American Airlines | 302 | 63.9% | 0.0% | 78 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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DL2267
56% late · 364 flights
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UA2019
35% late · 361 flights
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DL1421
6% late · 352 flights
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DL1559
34% late · 347 flights
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UA1791
45% late · 316 flights
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DL1715
52% late · 297 flights
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DL2986
43% late · 282 flights
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UA2056
40% late · 281 flights
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DL2272
39% late · 279 flights
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OO6260
39% late · 269 flights
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UA233
17% late · 217 flights
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F92857
50% late · 204 flights
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DL2197
56% late · 190 flights
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UA469
29% late · 187 flights
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UA2681
66% late · 180 flights
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F94593
56% late · 179 flights
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UA1195
69% late · 154 flights
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UA1372
53% late · 153 flights
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AA3176
35% late · 135 flights
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DL2054
36% late · 127 flights
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UA1245
25% late · 126 flights
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UA2647
6% late · 115 flights
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OO6188
56% late · 103 flights
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UA520
33% late · 99 flights
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