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Airport month · May 2024
Los Angeles International in May 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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 16,587 domestic departures from Los Angeles International (LAX). 77.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.3% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so LAX departures were 3.8 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at LAX that month were on time 74.8% of the time (16,582 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 76.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.7%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.5%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | LAX, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.2% | — | 79.0% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 76.3% | — | 79.0% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | — | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 17.1 min | — | 15.1 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 553 | — | 521 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 16,587 | — | 190,106 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 3,158 | 19% | 76.2% | 10.6 min | 0.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 3,142 | 19% | 81.8% | 5.0 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 2,653 | 16% | 67.2% | 22.6 min | 1.6% |
| UA United Airlines | 2,310 | 14% | 81.3% | 0.4 min | 0.7% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,192 | 13% | 71.1% | 12.2 min | 0.6% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 997 | 6% | 80.9% | 4.2 min | 0.3% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 894 | 5% | 78.2% | 2.8 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 817 | 5% | 82.1% | 1.2 min | 0.5% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 194 | 1% | 83.0% | 1.7 min | 0.5% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 154 | 1% | 34.4% | 43.9 min | 5.8% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 76 | 0% | 85.5% | 4.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAX–SFO | Los Angeles to San Francisco | 1,004 | 56.1% | 21.9 min | 0.1% |
| LAX–LAS | Los Angeles to Las Vegas | 852 | 72.3% | 13.1 min | 0.7% |
| LAX–JFK | Los Angeles to New York | 828 | 79.6% | 7.9 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–DFW | Los Angeles to Dallas/Fort Worth | 654 | 56.6% | 34.7 min | 4.9% |
| LAX–DEN | Los Angeles to Denver | 650 | 76.3% | 10.8 min | 0.6% |
| LAX–SEA | Los Angeles to Seattle | 628 | 82.2% | 2.0 min | 0.3% |
| LAX–ORD | Los Angeles to Chicago | 589 | 71.8% | 14.1 min | 0.8% |
| LAX–PHX | Los Angeles to Phoenix | 576 | 67.5% | 19.1 min | 0.9% |
| LAX–EWR | Los Angeles to Newark | 512 | 81.8% | -2.6 min | 0.8% |
| LAX–HNL | Los Angeles to Honolulu | 491 | 82.1% | 3.2 min | 0.4% |
| LAX–IAH | Los Angeles to Houston | 466 | 76.8% | 4.8 min | 1.1% |
| LAX–SMF | Los Angeles to Sacramento | 449 | 80.8% | 6.7 min | 0.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LAX on time in May 2024?
77.2% of 16,587 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.