Route
SFO → LAX
San Francisco International Airport Los Angeles International Airport
Alerts at SFO and LAX
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 70.9%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 0.8%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 62 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 11,437
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Late-arriving aircraft 58%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 21%
- Air traffic control & airport 20%
- Extreme weather 1%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Show as table
| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 78.6% | 916 |
| October 2025 | 73.6% | 991 |
| November 2025 | 74.2% | 904 |
| December 2025 | 71.2% | 846 |
| January 2026 | 86.0% | 774 |
| February 2026 | 77.4% | 739 |
| March 2026 | 85.4% | 927 |
| April 2026 | 69.6% | 987 |
| May 2026 | 65.3% | 1,028 |
| June 2026 | 60.7% | 1,079 |
| July 2026 | 61.7% | 1,116 |
| August 2026 | 57.7% | 1,130 |
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 | 3,335 | 77.7% | 0.1% | 52 min |
| SkyWest Airlines | 2,513 | 72.9% | 1.1% | 64 min |
| Delta Air Lines | 2,373 | 69.8% | 1.6% | 66 min |
| Southwest Airlines | 1,472 | 56.7% | 0.7% | 65 min |
| Alaska Airlines | 1,046 | 66.4% | 0.9% | 52 min |
| Frontier Airlines | 394 | 66.5% | 1.5% | 79 min |
| American Airlines | 303 | 76.2% | 0.0% | 104 min |
| Envoy Air | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 35 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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DL1598
7% late · 363 flights
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DL1421
10% late · 352 flights
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DL2267
51% late · 329 flights
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UA2179
31% late · 323 flights
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UA1754
28% late · 305 flights
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DL1715
44% late · 299 flights
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UA1164
26% late · 275 flights
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F92858
35% late · 265 flights
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UA1896
15% late · 264 flights
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DL2272
33% late · 231 flights
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UA1260
11% late · 220 flights
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UA1800
21% late · 205 flights
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DL1559
39% late · 197 flights
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UA2610
25% late · 177 flights
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UA1506
31% late · 172 flights
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UA1498
19% late · 163 flights
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AS1329
34% late · 161 flights
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OO3318
5% late · 154 flights
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AA2211
16% late · 142 flights
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UA1427
19% late · 142 flights
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F93308
30% late · 129 flights
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UA2127
3% late · 117 flights
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OO6262
33% late · 113 flights
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OO6451
17% late · 110 flights
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