Los Angeles International in January 2026

78.9%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 14,815 domestic departures from Los Angeles International (LAX). 78.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.3% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so LAX departures were 3.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 15,157 departures with 85.2% leaving on time: a change of −6.3 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at LAX that month were on time 78.5% of the time (14,811 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 79.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.3%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from LAX in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	LAX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	78.9%	85.2%	79.0%	75.6%
Arrived on time	79.3%	85.9%	79.0%	75.3%
Cancelled	2.2%	1.0%	0.9%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.9 min	10.2 min	15.1 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	494	505	521	18,133
Scheduled departures	14,815	15,157	190,106	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	3,580	24%	84.2%	0.5 min	1.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	2,779	19%	80.3%	3.5 min	2.0%
AA American Airlines	2,320	16%	68.4%	19.4 min	5.4%
UA United Airlines	2,210	15%	83.3%	0.6 min	1.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,846	12%	82.4%	-0.4 min	0.9%
AS Alaska Airlines	790	5%	78.1%	0.4 min	1.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways	599	4%	72.8%	7.5 min	4.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	409	3%	72.4%	18.9 min	2.9%
NK Spirit Airlines	280	2%	72.1%	12.9 min	3.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	2	0%	50.0%	15.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LAX–JFK	Los Angeles to New York	825	70.5%	16.9 min	5.6%
LAX–SFO	Los Angeles to San Francisco	772	81.1%	2.9 min	1.0%
LAX–LAS	Los Angeles to Las Vegas	743	77.1%	5.7 min	0.8%
LAX–PHX	Los Angeles to Phoenix	634	82.0%	10.5 min	0.8%
LAX–DEN	Los Angeles to Denver	600	88.3%	-1.0 min	0.0%
LAX–SEA	Los Angeles to Seattle	562	85.1%	-4.5 min	1.1%
LAX–DFW	Los Angeles to Dallas/Fort Worth	478	63.8%	21.0 min	10.0%
LAX–ORD	Los Angeles to Chicago	463	75.6%	7.1 min	1.7%
LAX–IAH	Los Angeles to Houston	437	85.4%	-0.6 min	1.6%
LAX–HNL	Los Angeles to Honolulu	424	73.8%	11.2 min	0.2%
LAX–SMF	Los Angeles to Sacramento	419	82.6%	3.9 min	1.0%
LAX–SLC	Los Angeles to Salt Lake City	394	83.5%	5.1 min	0.5%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	43.1%	37.3%	88,266
Late-arriving aircraft	35.6%	35.0%	72,806
National Aviation System	17.9%	18.0%	36,702
Extreme weather	3.2%	9.6%	6,639
Security	0.1%	0.1%	268

204,681 delay minutes on 2,712 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 January 2026?

78.9% of 14,815 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 85.2% of 15,157 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 78.9% and 2.2% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.