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Airport month · April 2024
Los Angeles International in April 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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 15,718 domestic departures from Los Angeles International (LAX). 82.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.4% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so LAX departures were 1.8 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at LAX that month were on time 80.7% of the time (15,725 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 25%.
- On time 80.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.9%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.3%
April 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2024 | Year earlier | LAX, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.3% | — | 79.0% | 80.5% |
| Arrived on time | 80.4% | — | 79.0% | 80.2% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | — | 0.9% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.7 min | — | 15.1 min | 14.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 524 | — | 521 | 19,406 |
| Scheduled departures | 15,718 | — | 190,106 | 582,185 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 3,101 | 20% | 84.4% | 4.0 min | 0.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 3,008 | 19% | 78.6% | 8.1 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 2,531 | 16% | 79.5% | 9.7 min | 0.2% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,169 | 14% | 74.1% | 8.5 min | 0.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 2,106 | 13% | 85.1% | -2.7 min | 0.5% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 862 | 5% | 76.8% | 3.7 min | 0.1% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 852 | 5% | 88.1% | -4.5 min | 0.2% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 753 | 5% | 82.1% | 1.7 min | 0.0% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 181 | 1% | 76.8% | 8.4 min | 1.7% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 105 | 1% | 31.4% | 59.6 min | 3.8% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 50 | 0% | 98.0% | -11.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAX–SFO | Los Angeles to San Francisco | 1,001 | 51.5% | 30.1 min | 0.3% |
| LAX–LAS | Los Angeles to Las Vegas | 794 | 72.4% | 12.4 min | 0.3% |
| LAX–JFK | Los Angeles to New York | 784 | 80.4% | 6.2 min | 0.1% |
| LAX–DEN | Los Angeles to Denver | 637 | 83.7% | 0.9 min | 0.2% |
| LAX–SEA | Los Angeles to Seattle | 599 | 85.8% | -1.5 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–DFW | Los Angeles to Dallas/Fort Worth | 583 | 76.7% | 14.8 min | 0.7% |
| LAX–ORD | Los Angeles to Chicago | 528 | 83.7% | 3.6 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–PHX | Los Angeles to Phoenix | 518 | 75.1% | 11.7 min | 0.2% |
| LAX–EWR | Los Angeles to Newark | 461 | 77.2% | -1.6 min | 2.0% |
| LAX–HNL | Los Angeles to Honolulu | 451 | 80.3% | 4.7 min | 0.7% |
| LAX–IAH | Los Angeles to Houston | 436 | 90.8% | -9.1 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–SMF | Los Angeles to Sacramento | 434 | 86.4% | 0.7 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LAX on time in April 2024?
82.3% of 15,718 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
April 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 April 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.