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Airport month · August 2025
Los Angeles International in August 2025
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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 16,493 domestic departures from Los Angeles International (LAX). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.8% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so LAX departures were 5.1 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 17,177 departures with 81.9% leaving on time: a change of 0.0 points, with flights down 4%.
Flights arriving at LAX that month were on time 81.2% of the time (16,497 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 81.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.3%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.3%
August 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2025 | Aug 2024 | LAX, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.9% | 81.9% | 79.0% | 76.8% |
| Arrived on time | 81.8% | 80.7% | 79.0% | 76.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.1 min | 13.5 min | 15.1 min | 17.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 550 | 573 | 521 | 20,079 |
| Scheduled departures | 16,493 | 17,177 | 190,106 | 602,378 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 3,465 | 21% | 86.2% | 0.7 min | 0.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 3,211 | 19% | 83.7% | 0.5 min | 0.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 2,595 | 16% | 76.5% | 12.9 min | 1.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 2,459 | 15% | 80.5% | 3.4 min | 1.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,084 | 13% | 81.8% | 2.9 min | 0.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 716 | 4% | 82.8% | 0.5 min | 0.3% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 685 | 4% | 82.2% | 1.1 min | 0.4% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 604 | 4% | 87.6% | -1.0 min | 0.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 440 | 3% | 67.7% | 20.6 min | 1.4% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 167 | 1% | 73.1% | 12.9 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 67 | 0% | 74.6% | 24.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAX–SFO | Los Angeles to San Francisco | 930 | 74.9% | 7.5 min | 0.5% |
| LAX–JFK | Los Angeles to New York | 911 | 83.1% | -1.2 min | 0.2% |
| LAX–LAS | Los Angeles to Las Vegas | 740 | 80.8% | 3.1 min | 0.1% |
| LAX–ORD | Los Angeles to Chicago | 668 | 71.6% | 14.8 min | 1.9% |
| LAX–DEN | Los Angeles to Denver | 658 | 73.9% | 10.1 min | 0.6% |
| LAX–SEA | Los Angeles to Seattle | 633 | 80.4% | 5.3 min | 0.6% |
| LAX–PHX | Los Angeles to Phoenix | 616 | 83.1% | 2.6 min | 0.3% |
| LAX–DFW | Los Angeles to Dallas/Fort Worth | 556 | 71.0% | 31.7 min | 2.3% |
| LAX–ATL | Los Angeles to Atlanta | 483 | 80.1% | 5.9 min | 0.8% |
| LAX–EWR | Los Angeles to Newark | 480 | 78.1% | 3.1 min | 2.1% |
| LAX–SMF | Los Angeles to Sacramento | 469 | 85.7% | 1.3 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–HNL | Los Angeles to Honolulu | 460 | 79.8% | 10.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LAX on time in August 2025?
81.9% of 16,493 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2024, 81.9% of 17,177 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 81.9% and 0.5% in August 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.