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Airport month · November 2023
Los Angeles International in November 2023
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 15,742 domestic departures from Los Angeles International (LAX). 86.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.9% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so LAX departures were 0.8 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at LAX that month were on time 86.0% of the time (15,744 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 86.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.9%
- Cancelled 0.1%
- Diverted 0.1%
November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Nov 2023 | Year earlier | LAX, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Nov 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 86.8% | — | 79.0% | 86.0% |
| Arrived on time | 86.9% | — | 79.0% | 86.2% |
| Cancelled | 0.1% | — | 0.9% | 0.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 8.5 min | — | 15.1 min | 9.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 525 | — | 521 | 18,793 |
| Scheduled departures | 15,742 | — | 190,106 | 563,777 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 2,997 | 19% | 90.0% | -7.9 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 2,932 | 19% | 90.4% | -3.3 min | 0.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,306 | 15% | 82.1% | 1.6 min | 0.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 2,289 | 15% | 87.1% | -2.0 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 2,195 | 14% | 91.0% | -6.7 min | 0.1% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 1,102 | 7% | 79.9% | 0.5 min | 0.5% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 917 | 6% | 76.3% | 3.5 min | 0.2% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 730 | 5% | 88.9% | -6.3 min | 0.0% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 180 | 1% | 81.1% | 10.0 min | 0.6% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 94 | 1% | 75.5% | 10.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAX–SFO | Los Angeles to San Francisco | 976 | 84.5% | 0.5 min | 0.1% |
| LAX–LAS | Los Angeles to Las Vegas | 838 | 83.9% | 1.2 min | 0.6% |
| LAX–JFK | Los Angeles to New York | 827 | 83.0% | -4.0 min | 0.2% |
| LAX–DEN | Los Angeles to Denver | 623 | 92.3% | -8.1 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–SEA | Los Angeles to Seattle | 609 | 90.5% | -7.3 min | 0.2% |
| LAX–DFW | Los Angeles to Dallas/Fort Worth | 552 | 88.8% | -1.5 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–PHX | Los Angeles to Phoenix | 541 | 88.0% | -1.1 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–EWR | Los Angeles to Newark | 513 | 86.5% | -9.8 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–ORD | Los Angeles to Chicago | 502 | 89.6% | -7.4 min | 0.2% |
| LAX–ATL | Los Angeles to Atlanta | 463 | 83.2% | 1.4 min | 0.2% |
| LAX–HNL | Los Angeles to Honolulu | 422 | 84.8% | 3.2 min | 0.2% |
| LAX–SMF | Los Angeles to Sacramento | 411 | 91.2% | -6.4 min | 0.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LAX on time in November 2023?
86.8% of 15,742 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
November 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for LAX · methodology · corrections.