Los Angeles International in March 2026

80.3%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 16,088 domestic departures from Los Angeles International (LAX). 80.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.4% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so LAX departures were 7.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 16,213 departures with 84.1% leaving on time: a change of −3.8 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at LAX that month were on time 82.3% of the time (16,089 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 76.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.9%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	LAX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	80.3%	84.1%	79.0%	72.8%
Arrived on time	76.4%	84.1%	79.0%	73.2%
Cancelled	1.3%	0.4%	0.9%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.2 min	11.6 min	15.1 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	536	540	521	20,403
Scheduled departures	16,088	16,213	190,106	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	3,616	22%	82.6%	3.0 min	0.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	3,175	20%	76.0%	5.2 min	2.3%
UA United Airlines	2,458	15%	80.1%	3.3 min	0.8%
AA American Airlines	2,456	15%	74.8%	12.4 min	1.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	2,195	14%	70.1%	9.2 min	0.9%
AS Alaska Airlines	860	5%	82.7%	-1.1 min	1.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways	597	4%	63.0%	16.0 min	1.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	502	3%	67.3%	20.6 min	3.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	229	1%	56.3%	24.6 min	6.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LAX–SFO	Los Angeles to San Francisco	927	83.7%	-3.1 min	1.7%
LAX–JFK	Los Angeles to New York	848	72.4%	13.4 min	0.7%
LAX–LAS	Los Angeles to Las Vegas	734	78.7%	7.8 min	1.1%
LAX–PHX	Los Angeles to Phoenix	680	77.4%	6.1 min	0.7%
LAX–SEA	Los Angeles to Seattle	638	82.9%	-1.1 min	2.4%
LAX–DEN	Los Angeles to Denver	630	78.4%	4.7 min	0.2%
LAX–ORD	Los Angeles to Chicago	549	66.1%	23.7 min	3.1%
LAX–DFW	Los Angeles to Dallas/Fort Worth	545	71.2%	11.8 min	2.2%
LAX–HNL	Los Angeles to Honolulu	461	78.7%	3.6 min	0.4%
LAX–SMF	Los Angeles to Sacramento	451	80.5%	3.3 min	0.0%
LAX–IAH	Los Angeles to Houston	446	78.3%	12.0 min	1.1%
LAX–SLC	Los Angeles to Salt Lake City	423	84.2%	0.4 min	0.9%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	40.6%	33.5%	92,447
Late-arriving aircraft	34.1%	39.3%	77,615
National Aviation System	22.6%	21.0%	51,595
Extreme weather	2.6%	5.9%	6,007
Security	0.1%	0.2%	222

227,886 delay minutes on 3,522 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 March 2026?

80.3% of 16,088 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 84.1% of 16,213 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 80.3% and 1.3% in March 2026.

Provenance

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