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Airport month · May 2026
Los Angeles International in May 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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 16,317 domestic departures from Los Angeles International (LAX). 79.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.4% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so LAX departures were 2.1 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 16,546 departures with 82.6% leaving on time: a change of −3.4 points, with flights down 1%.
Flights arriving at LAX that month were on time 80.1% of the time (16,311 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 23%.
- On time 79.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.8%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.3%
May 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2026 | May 2025 | LAX, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.2% | 82.6% | 79.0% | 77.1% |
| Arrived on time | 79.4% | 82.3% | 79.0% | 77.6% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.2 min | 13.3 min | 15.1 min | 16.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 544 | 552 | 521 | 20,391 |
| Scheduled departures | 16,317 | 16,546 | 190,106 | 611,735 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 3,378 | 21% | 78.8% | 5.0 min | 1.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 3,237 | 20% | 85.8% | -1.2 min | 0.1% |
| UA United Airlines | 2,725 | 17% | 85.3% | -3.0 min | 0.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 2,665 | 16% | 77.4% | 8.9 min | 0.8% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,190 | 13% | 66.0% | 13.1 min | 0.3% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 1,028 | 6% | 77.6% | 3.1 min | 0.6% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 574 | 4% | 85.2% | -4.3 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 513 | 3% | 75.6% | 10.5 min | 0.2% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 7 | 0% | 14.3% | 40.0 min | 57.1% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAX–SFO | Los Angeles to San Francisco | 1,028 | 43.5% | 30.4 min | 1.4% |
| LAX–JFK | Los Angeles to New York | 870 | 82.9% | 2.9 min | 0.9% |
| LAX–DEN | Los Angeles to Denver | 687 | 83.8% | 0.3 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–SEA | Los Angeles to Seattle | 679 | 85.4% | -4.8 min | 0.4% |
| LAX–LAS | Los Angeles to Las Vegas | 649 | 72.9% | 15.7 min | 0.3% |
| LAX–PHX | Los Angeles to Phoenix | 643 | 81.2% | 4.4 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–ORD | Los Angeles to Chicago | 601 | 76.7% | 9.9 min | 0.7% |
| LAX–DFW | Los Angeles to Dallas/Fort Worth | 529 | 77.3% | 11.1 min | 3.0% |
| LAX–SMF | Los Angeles to Sacramento | 525 | 82.5% | 2.9 min | 0.0% |
| LAX–HNL | Los Angeles to Honolulu | 505 | 79.6% | 3.2 min | 0.6% |
| LAX–ATL | Los Angeles to Atlanta | 427 | 77.5% | 7.0 min | 0.7% |
| LAX–IAH | Los Angeles to Houston | 422 | 87.4% | -0.7 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left LAX on time in May 2026?
79.2% of 16,317 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2025, 82.6% of 16,546 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 79.2% and 0.5% in May 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.