Los Angeles International in November 2025

79.1%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 15,422 domestic departures from Los Angeles International (LAX). 79.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.1% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so LAX departures were 1.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 15,759 departures with 86.0% leaving on time: a change of −6.9 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at LAX that month were on time 79.5% of the time (15,422 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 26%.

On time 78.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.9%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	LAX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	79.1%	86.0%	79.0%	78.1%
Arrived on time	78.1%	87.1%	79.0%	77.3%
Cancelled	1.8%	0.2%	0.9%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.7 min	9.9 min	15.1 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	514	525	521	19,018
Scheduled departures	15,422	15,759	190,106	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	3,172	21%	82.7%	-0.2 min	3.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	2,994	19%	80.7%	1.8 min	1.2%
AA American Airlines	2,425	16%	71.4%	15.1 min	1.2%
UA United Airlines	2,410	16%	79.8%	4.9 min	0.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	2,113	14%	74.6%	5.8 min	1.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	663	4%	73.5%	8.1 min	2.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	605	4%	88.3%	-8.0 min	0.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	488	3%	69.3%	16.1 min	3.1%
NK Spirit Airlines	392	3%	71.7%	15.1 min	1.8%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	147	1%	84.4%	3.9 min	0.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	13	0%	84.6%	6.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LAX–SFO	Los Angeles to San Francisco	903	62.1%	17.2 min	2.5%
LAX–JFK	Los Angeles to New York	860	77.9%	3.2 min	1.9%
LAX–LAS	Los Angeles to Las Vegas	705	72.2%	12.0 min	3.0%
LAX–PHX	Los Angeles to Phoenix	664	72.4%	11.7 min	4.2%
LAX–DEN	Los Angeles to Denver	648	84.1%	0.2 min	2.3%
LAX–SEA	Los Angeles to Seattle	604	89.4%	-7.3 min	1.2%
LAX–ORD	Los Angeles to Chicago	584	68.5%	17.7 min	3.8%
LAX–DFW	Los Angeles to Dallas/Fort Worth	531	63.7%	22.1 min	3.2%
LAX–EWR	Los Angeles to Newark	468	75.4%	8.8 min	1.5%
LAX–SMF	Los Angeles to Sacramento	455	83.5%	-1.9 min	2.2%
LAX–IAH	Los Angeles to Houston	446	76.7%	9.2 min	0.4%
LAX–ATL	Los Angeles to Atlanta	427	73.8%	9.9 min	1.9%

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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	37.4%	30.2%	77,542
Late-arriving aircraft	34.6%	38.3%	71,754
National Aviation System	26.3%	26.7%	54,402
Extreme weather	1.6%	4.6%	3,342
Security	0.1%	0.1%	117

207,157 delay minutes on 3,075 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 November 2025?

79.1% of 15,422 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 86.0% of 15,759 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 79.1% and 1.8% in November 2025.

Provenance

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