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Airport month · July 2024
Los Angeles International in July 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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 17,518 domestic departures from Los Angeles International (LAX). 74.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.8% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so LAX departures were 6.0 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at LAX that month were on time 71.2% of the time (17,519 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 41% and national aviation system 15%.
- On time 73.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.5%
- Cancelled 2.4%
- Diverted 0.3%
July 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jul 2024 | Year earlier | LAX, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 74.5% | — | 79.0% | 68.5% |
| Arrived on time | 73.8% | — | 79.0% | 68.1% |
| Cancelled | 2.4% | — | 0.9% | 2.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.8 min | — | 15.1 min | 24.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 584 | — | 521 | 21,154 |
| Scheduled departures | 17,518 | — | 190,106 | 634,613 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 3,273 | 19% | 67.6% | 14.6 min | 6.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 3,257 | 19% | 81.2% | 6.0 min | 0.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 2,618 | 15% | 75.7% | 7.2 min | 2.9% |
| AA American Airlines | 2,606 | 15% | 73.0% | 17.5 min | 1.6% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,378 | 14% | 73.3% | 8.7 min | 0.4% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 1,170 | 7% | 65.4% | 17.4 min | 5.4% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 897 | 5% | 78.9% | 4.8 min | 0.6% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 742 | 4% | 76.7% | 4.1 min | 0.1% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 217 | 1% | 77.9% | 34.4 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 205 | 1% | 75.6% | 10.5 min | 2.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 155 | 1% | 45.2% | 43.1 min | 9.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAX–SFO | Los Angeles to San Francisco | 942 | 80.1% | 2.8 min | 2.3% |
| LAX–JFK | Los Angeles to New York | 887 | 70.6% | 18.8 min | 1.5% |
| LAX–LAS | Los Angeles to Las Vegas | 809 | 61.9% | 22.3 min | 4.3% |
| LAX–SEA | Los Angeles to Seattle | 695 | 76.5% | 7.3 min | 1.3% |
| LAX–DEN | Los Angeles to Denver | 670 | 72.5% | 10.3 min | 2.5% |
| LAX–DFW | Los Angeles to Dallas/Fort Worth | 634 | 67.2% | 24.7 min | 1.9% |
| LAX–PHX | Los Angeles to Phoenix | 625 | 71.2% | 15.3 min | 1.0% |
| LAX–ORD | Los Angeles to Chicago | 617 | 71.8% | 10.9 min | 3.9% |
| LAX–HNL | Los Angeles to Honolulu | 589 | 80.3% | 10.6 min | 0.8% |
| LAX–SJC | Los Angeles to San Jose | 527 | 78.4% | 8.0 min | 0.9% |
| LAX–IAH | Los Angeles to Houston | 483 | 67.3% | 18.4 min | 6.2% |
| LAX–EWR | Los Angeles to Newark | 473 | 69.3% | 10.4 min | 3.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LAX on time in July 2024?
74.5% of 17,518 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
July 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 July 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.