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Airport month · October 2025
Los Angeles International in October 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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 16,122 domestic departures from Los Angeles International (LAX). 81.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.1% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so LAX departures were 1.2 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 16,856 departures with 87.1% leaving on time: a change of −5.9 points, with flights down 4%.
Flights arriving at LAX that month were on time 80.6% of the time (16,131 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 83.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.5%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.2%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | LAX, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.2% | 87.1% | 79.0% | 80.0% |
| Arrived on time | 83.1% | 86.2% | 79.0% | 79.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.6 min | 8.9 min | 15.1 min | 13.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 537 | 562 | 521 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled departures | 16,122 | 16,856 | 190,106 | 605,844 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 3,409 | 21% | 86.3% | -1.4 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 3,177 | 20% | 84.8% | 0.2 min | 0.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 2,482 | 15% | 81.1% | 4.9 min | 0.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 2,400 | 15% | 86.6% | -4.1 min | 0.3% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,234 | 14% | 77.2% | 4.2 min | 0.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 648 | 4% | 78.2% | 5.7 min | 0.8% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 621 | 4% | 87.9% | -6.5 min | 1.8% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 513 | 3% | 74.3% | 9.2 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 478 | 3% | 82.4% | 1.5 min | 1.3% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 150 | 1% | 68.7% | 16.8 min | 1.3% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 9 | 0% | 88.9% | -9.0 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 1 | 0% | 100.0% | -19.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAX–SFO | Los Angeles to San Francisco | 990 | 64.8% | 12.9 min | 0.1% |
| LAX–JFK | Los Angeles to New York | 897 | 81.7% | 1.8 min | 0.9% |
| LAX–DEN | Los Angeles to Denver | 683 | 85.8% | -3.5 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–LAS | Los Angeles to Las Vegas | 683 | 76.6% | 5.5 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–PHX | Los Angeles to Phoenix | 667 | 80.7% | 2.4 min | 0.1% |
| LAX–SEA | Los Angeles to Seattle | 612 | 87.6% | -6.7 min | 1.0% |
| LAX–ORD | Los Angeles to Chicago | 564 | 80.5% | 2.4 min | 0.2% |
| LAX–DFW | Los Angeles to Dallas/Fort Worth | 558 | 77.8% | 13.7 min | 0.7% |
| LAX–SMF | Los Angeles to Sacramento | 516 | 86.4% | -0.9 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–IAH | Los Angeles to Houston | 493 | 87.8% | -4.4 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–EWR | Los Angeles to Newark | 481 | 80.2% | -1.4 min | 1.0% |
| LAX–ATL | Los Angeles to Atlanta | 424 | 84.4% | 6.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LAX on time in October 2025?
81.2% of 16,122 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024, 87.1% of 16,856 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 81.2% and 0.3% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.