Los Angeles International in February 2025

83.5%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 13,788 domestic departures from Los Angeles International (LAX). 83.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.1% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so LAX departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 14,154 departures with 81.8% leaving on time: a change of +1.7 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at LAX that month were on time 80.7% of the time (13,783 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 84.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.0%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from LAX in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	LAX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	83.5%	81.8%	79.0%	79.2%
Arrived on time	84.1%	81.5%	79.0%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.5%	0.9%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.4 min	13.0 min	15.1 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	460	472	521	16,830
Scheduled departures	13,788	14,154	190,106	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	3,187	23%	80.5%	3.3 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	2,472	18%	82.4%	0.0 min	0.1%
AA American Airlines	2,201	16%	86.1%	-2.3 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	1,925	14%	86.5%	-4.5 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,711	12%	88.1%	-5.9 min	0.5%
NK Spirit Airlines	609	4%	87.8%	-5.2 min	1.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	591	4%	81.9%	-2.0 min	3.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	514	4%	88.1%	-15.2 min	1.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	367	3%	77.7%	10.2 min	1.1%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	168	1%	76.2%	4.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	24	0%	95.8%	-5.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	19	0%	100.0%	-8.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LAX–SFO	Los Angeles to San Francisco	819	70.8%	11.5 min	0.5%
LAX–LAS	Los Angeles to Las Vegas	716	81.3%	2.2 min	0.7%
LAX–JFK	Los Angeles to New York	715	87.0%	-8.8 min	1.5%
LAX–PHX	Los Angeles to Phoenix	584	88.0%	0.1 min	0.3%
LAX–DEN	Los Angeles to Denver	577	85.6%	-2.8 min	0.3%
LAX–SEA	Los Angeles to Seattle	555	84.7%	-5.4 min	1.8%
LAX–DFW	Los Angeles to Dallas/Fort Worth	495	88.3%	-3.5 min	0.6%
LAX–SJC	Los Angeles to San Jose	449	88.4%	-5.3 min	0.0%
LAX–ORD	Los Angeles to Chicago	447	86.8%	-6.2 min	0.2%
LAX–IAH	Los Angeles to Houston	412	87.1%	-1.6 min	0.2%
LAX–SMF	Los Angeles to Sacramento	392	88.0%	-4.6 min	0.0%
LAX–ATL	Los Angeles to Atlanta	385	81.0%	4.8 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	40.2%	33.9%	58,773
Late-arriving aircraft	34.2%	36.9%	50,019
National Aviation System	20.1%	22.5%	29,396
Extreme weather	5.5%	6.6%	8,053
Security	0.1%	0.1%	119

146,360 delay minutes on 2,068 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 February 2025?

83.5% of 13,788 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 81.8% of 14,154 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 83.5% and 0.7% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.