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Airport month · December 2023
Los Angeles International in December 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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 15,948 domestic departures from Los Angeles International (LAX). 84.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.6% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so LAX departures were 1.2 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at LAX that month were on time 85.3% of the time (15,955 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 23%.
- On time 81.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.0%
- Cancelled 0.2%
- Diverted 0.2%
December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2023 | Year earlier | LAX, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.3% | — | 79.0% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 81.6% | — | 79.0% | 83.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | — | 0.9% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.8 min | — | 15.1 min | 11.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 532 | — | 521 | 19,013 |
| Scheduled departures | 15,948 | — | 190,106 | 570,394 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 3,051 | 19% | 88.5% | -3.5 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 3,018 | 19% | 84.8% | 1.8 min | 0.3% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,385 | 15% | 76.9% | 6.8 min | 0.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 2,369 | 15% | 81.7% | 4.9 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 2,163 | 14% | 82.8% | 2.8 min | 0.1% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 1,022 | 6% | 80.4% | 2.3 min | 0.1% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 887 | 6% | 66.7% | 15.6 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 783 | 5% | 75.7% | 3.2 min | 0.0% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 186 | 1% | 69.9% | 6.1 min | 1.1% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 84 | 1% | 78.6% | 3.5 min | 1.2% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAX–SFO | Los Angeles to San Francisco | 882 | 77.0% | 5.8 min | 0.2% |
| LAX–LAS | Los Angeles to Las Vegas | 843 | 80.4% | 4.6 min | 0.1% |
| LAX–JFK | Los Angeles to New York | 820 | 75.1% | 8.8 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–DEN | Los Angeles to Denver | 628 | 88.1% | -3.0 min | 0.5% |
| LAX–DFW | Los Angeles to Dallas/Fort Worth | 588 | 87.1% | 3.2 min | 0.3% |
| LAX–PHX | Los Angeles to Phoenix | 554 | 85.2% | 1.0 min | 0.2% |
| LAX–SEA | Los Angeles to Seattle | 553 | 84.3% | -3.1 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–ORD | Los Angeles to Chicago | 534 | 85.8% | 1.9 min | 0.6% |
| LAX–ATL | Los Angeles to Atlanta | 462 | 85.5% | 3.9 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–HNL | Los Angeles to Honolulu | 457 | 71.8% | 7.1 min | 0.2% |
| LAX–EWR | Los Angeles to Newark | 450 | 72.0% | 13.3 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–IAH | Los Angeles to Houston | 425 | 89.9% | -5.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LAX on time in December 2023?
84.3% of 15,948 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
December 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 December 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.