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Airport month · April 2026
Los Angeles International in April 2026
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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 15,732 domestic departures from Los Angeles International (LAX). 80.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.9% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so LAX departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 15,737 departures with 84.6% leaving on time: a change of −3.9 points, with flights down 0%.
Flights arriving at LAX that month were on time 80.4% of the time (15,730 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 22%.
- On time 80.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.4%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.3%
April 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2026 | Apr 2025 | LAX, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.7% | 84.6% | 79.0% | 79.1% |
| Arrived on time | 80.9% | 84.7% | 79.0% | 78.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.9% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.9 min | 11.3 min | 15.1 min | 14.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 524 | 525 | 521 | 19,931 |
| Scheduled departures | 15,732 | 15,737 | 190,106 | 597,919 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 3,202 | 20% | 87.5% | -1.4 min | 0.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 3,177 | 20% | 80.7% | 2.4 min | 0.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 2,584 | 16% | 85.3% | -4.6 min | 0.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 2,449 | 16% | 79.7% | 4.2 min | 0.4% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,140 | 14% | 72.5% | 7.0 min | 0.2% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 940 | 6% | 75.4% | 4.1 min | 0.7% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 595 | 4% | 80.8% | 0.0 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 462 | 3% | 73.6% | 10.5 min | 1.1% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 183 | 1% | 66.1% | 15.0 min | 4.4% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAX–SFO | Los Angeles to San Francisco | 988 | 48.2% | 24.8 min | 0.8% |
| LAX–JFK | Los Angeles to New York | 855 | 85.3% | -2.8 min | 0.5% |
| LAX–LAS | Los Angeles to Las Vegas | 670 | 77.0% | 5.1 min | 0.6% |
| LAX–PHX | Los Angeles to Phoenix | 638 | 83.5% | 1.2 min | 0.2% |
| LAX–DEN | Los Angeles to Denver | 631 | 88.6% | -7.2 min | 0.2% |
| LAX–SEA | Los Angeles to Seattle | 613 | 86.9% | -7.7 min | 0.8% |
| LAX–ORD | Los Angeles to Chicago | 552 | 75.9% | 6.7 min | 1.3% |
| LAX–DFW | Los Angeles to Dallas/Fort Worth | 508 | 80.5% | 1.7 min | 0.8% |
| LAX–SMF | Los Angeles to Sacramento | 471 | 84.3% | 2.2 min | 0.2% |
| LAX–HNL | Los Angeles to Honolulu | 468 | 65.4% | 18.3 min | 0.4% |
| LAX–IAH | Los Angeles to Houston | 436 | 87.2% | -3.3 min | 0.5% |
| LAX–AUS | Los Angeles to Austin | 383 | 79.9% | 5.9 min | 0.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LAX on time in April 2026?
80.7% of 15,732 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In April 2025, 84.6% of 15,737 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 80.7% and 0.4% in April 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 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.