Los Angeles International in October 2024

87.1%departed on time

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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 16,856 domestic departures from Los Angeles International (LAX). 87.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.2% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so LAX departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 16,823 departures with 83.9% leaving on time: a change of +3.2 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at LAX that month were on time 86.9% of the time (16,864 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 86.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.5%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from LAX in October 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	LAX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	87.1%	83.9%	79.0%	85.5%
Arrived on time	86.2%	84.3%	79.0%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.2%	0.9%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.9 min	11.1 min	15.1 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	562	561	521	20,517
Scheduled departures	16,856	16,823	190,106	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	3,294	20%	85.5%	2.7 min	0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	3,170	19%	88.4%	-4.0 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	2,731	16%	83.6%	3.7 min	0.2%
UA United Airlines	2,413	14%	87.7%	-4.9 min	0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	2,192	13%	87.1%	-3.5 min	0.1%
NK Spirit Airlines	951	6%	86.8%	-1.3 min	0.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	759	5%	87.2%	-3.5 min	0.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways	722	4%	92.1%	-11.8 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	372	2%	63.7%	22.8 min	0.5%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	194	1%	80.9%	2.5 min	0.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	58	0%	86.2%	5.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LAX–SFO	Los Angeles to San Francisco	1,062	76.0%	7.4 min	0.0%
LAX–JFK	Los Angeles to New York	887	87.5%	-4.1 min	0.0%
LAX–LAS	Los Angeles to Las Vegas	859	81.8%	2.4 min	0.2%
LAX–PHX	Los Angeles to Phoenix	697	84.8%	2.7 min	0.0%
LAX–DEN	Los Angeles to Denver	688	90.8%	-7.4 min	0.3%
LAX–SEA	Los Angeles to Seattle	639	89.5%	-7.7 min	0.6%
LAX–DFW	Los Angeles to Dallas/Fort Worth	594	83.3%	3.6 min	0.2%
LAX–SJC	Los Angeles to San Jose	580	90.2%	-3.9 min	0.2%
LAX–ORD	Los Angeles to Chicago	566	88.2%	0.8 min	0.0%
LAX–EWR	Los Angeles to Newark	500	85.8%	-4.8 min	0.6%
LAX–BOS	Los Angeles to Boston	487	87.1%	-4.1 min	0.0%
LAX–SMF	Los Angeles to Sacramento	476	89.9%	-2.8 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	39.9%	42.7%	55,219
Late-arriving aircraft	37.2%	37.4%	51,597
National Aviation System	17.8%	16.3%	24,588
Extreme weather	5.0%	3.4%	6,904
Security	0.2%	0.2%	208

138,516 delay minutes on 2,268 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left LAX on time in October 2024?

87.1% of 16,856 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 83.9% of 16,823 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 87.1% and 0.3% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.