Route
PHL → LAX
Philadelphia International Airport Los Angeles International Airport
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 78.3%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 1.6%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 74 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 2,380
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Late-arriving aircraft 40%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 32%
- Air traffic control & airport 22%
- Extreme weather 6%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Show as table
| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 87.1% | 211 |
| October 2025 | 83.5% | 243 |
| November 2025 | 81.5% | 169 |
| December 2025 | 66.5% | 175 |
| January 2026 | 77.1% | 154 |
| February 2026 | 79.5% | 139 |
| March 2026 | 86.2% | 155 |
| April 2026 | 80.8% | 198 |
| May 2026 | 80.4% | 224 |
| June 2026 | 73.5% | 235 |
| July 2026 | 70.1% | 251 |
| August 2026 | 75.1% | 226 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 2,335 | 78.4% | 1.6% | 75 min |
| Frontier Airlines | 44 | 75.0% | 0.0% | 76 min |
| NK | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 16 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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AA2408
19% late · 365 flights
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AA824
15% late · 361 flights
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AA713
25% late · 147 flights
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AA1451
26% late · 105 flights
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AA1035
5% late · 101 flights
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AA827
24% late · 91 flights
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AA2031
24% late · 76 flights
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AA738
39% late · 73 flights
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AA1528
31% late · 66 flights
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AA3276
18% late · 62 flights
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AA817
24% late · 55 flights
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AA897
44% late · 45 flights
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AA1775
11% late · 44 flights
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AA1952
5% late · 44 flights
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AA2296
41% late · 44 flights
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AA813
18% late · 44 flights
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AA2004
39% late · 42 flights
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AA2923
35% late · 42 flights
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AA3235
24% late · 42 flights
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F93587
22% late · 41 flights
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AA3168
23% late · 37 flights
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AA1989
11% late · 35 flights
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AA1284
53% late · 34 flights
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AA798
24% late · 34 flights
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