Los Angeles International in July 2025

76.2%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 17,104 domestic departures from Los Angeles International (LAX). 76.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.2% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so LAX departures were 6.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 17,518 departures with 74.5% leaving on time: a change of +1.7 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at LAX that month were on time 75.3% of the time (17,105 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 76.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.1%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	LAX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	76.2%	74.5%	79.0%	69.7%
Arrived on time	76.2%	73.8%	79.0%	69.0%
Cancelled	1.2%	2.4%	0.9%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.9 min	18.8 min	15.1 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	570	584	521	21,048
Scheduled departures	17,104	17,518	190,106	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	3,363	20%	84.9%	2.4 min	0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	3,349	20%	78.2%	4.8 min	0.9%
AA American Airlines	2,766	16%	67.9%	22.5 min	2.0%
UA United Airlines	2,610	15%	77.0%	6.9 min	1.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	2,205	13%	76.8%	5.8 min	0.9%
B6 JetBlue Airways	747	4%	66.5%	19.4 min	3.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	718	4%	75.5%	6.7 min	2.6%
NK Spirit Airlines	616	4%	81.5%	6.5 min	1.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	426	2%	55.6%	31.3 min	3.1%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	177	1%	58.8%	21.3 min	0.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	127	1%	73.2%	31.5 min	0.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LAX–JFK	Los Angeles to New York	922	68.1%	12.6 min	2.6%
LAX–SFO	Los Angeles to San Francisco	896	71.2%	11.9 min	0.2%
LAX–LAS	Los Angeles to Las Vegas	741	73.7%	13.1 min	0.7%
LAX–ORD	Los Angeles to Chicago	688	74.0%	10.0 min	3.6%
LAX–DEN	Los Angeles to Denver	680	71.3%	12.6 min	1.0%
LAX–SEA	Los Angeles to Seattle	642	79.1%	5.3 min	1.6%
LAX–PHX	Los Angeles to Phoenix	609	80.0%	6.0 min	1.0%
LAX–DFW	Los Angeles to Dallas/Fort Worth	565	65.7%	34.3 min	1.9%
LAX–HNL	Los Angeles to Honolulu	548	69.0%	14.7 min	1.3%
LAX–SMF	Los Angeles to Sacramento	512	83.2%	3.0 min	0.6%
LAX–ATL	Los Angeles to Atlanta	498	72.7%	10.3 min	0.8%
LAX–EWR	Los Angeles to Newark	485	66.8%	14.2 min	4.5%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	37.3%	31.1%	109,008
Late-arriving aircraft	39.8%	40.8%	116,424
National Aviation System	21.3%	20.7%	62,356
Extreme weather	1.4%	7.3%	4,206
Security	0.2%	0.1%	517

292,511 delay minutes on 3,773 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 July 2025?

76.2% of 17,104 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 74.5% of 17,518 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 76.2% and 1.2% in July 2025.

Provenance

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