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Airport month · February 2024
Los Angeles International in February 2024
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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 14,154 domestic departures from Los Angeles International (LAX). 81.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.5% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so LAX departures were 2.2 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at LAX that month were on time 79.7% of the time (14,141 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 25%.
- On time 81.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.8%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.2%
February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Feb 2024 | Year earlier | LAX, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Feb 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.8% | — | 79.0% | 84.0% |
| Arrived on time | 81.5% | — | 79.0% | 83.4% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | — | 0.9% | 0.6% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.0 min | — | 15.1 min | 11.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 472 | — | 521 | 17,307 |
| Scheduled departures | 14,154 | — | 190,106 | 519,221 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 3,044 | 22% | 80.1% | 4.5 min | 1.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 2,564 | 18% | 83.7% | -0.1 min | 0.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 2,308 | 16% | 84.1% | 5.9 min | 0.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,883 | 13% | 75.6% | 6.3 min | 0.6% |
| UA United Airlines | 1,864 | 13% | 82.9% | 0.2 min | 0.6% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 816 | 6% | 82.2% | -2.8 min | 0.2% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 800 | 6% | 86.1% | -3.5 min | 0.1% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 663 | 5% | 83.1% | -0.8 min | 0.3% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 175 | 1% | 56.6% | 15.5 min | 1.1% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 37 | 0% | 89.2% | -6.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAX–SFO | Los Angeles to San Francisco | 821 | 53.0% | 30.1 min | 1.9% |
| LAX–LAS | Los Angeles to Las Vegas | 743 | 73.6% | 12.2 min | 0.4% |
| LAX–JFK | Los Angeles to New York | 722 | 86.0% | 0.5 min | 0.7% |
| LAX–DEN | Los Angeles to Denver | 534 | 84.8% | 0.8 min | 0.4% |
| LAX–SEA | Los Angeles to Seattle | 507 | 88.2% | -6.8 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–DFW | Los Angeles to Dallas/Fort Worth | 505 | 86.3% | 1.9 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–PHX | Los Angeles to Phoenix | 483 | 78.9% | 4.6 min | 0.2% |
| LAX–ORD | Los Angeles to Chicago | 465 | 89.0% | -4.3 min | 0.4% |
| LAX–SLC | Los Angeles to Salt Lake City | 451 | 88.0% | -3.7 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–EWR | Los Angeles to Newark | 414 | 84.5% | -5.4 min | 1.4% |
| LAX–SJC | Los Angeles to San Jose | 393 | 86.0% | -0.3 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–SMF | Los Angeles to Sacramento | 381 | 83.5% | -1.7 min | 0.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LAX on time in February 2024?
81.8% of 14,154 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.