Los Angeles International in July 2026

73.6%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 17,454 domestic departures from Los Angeles International (LAX). 73.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.3% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so LAX departures were 4.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 17,104 departures with 76.2% leaving on time: a change of −2.6 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at LAX that month were on time 74.6% of the time (17,450 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 72.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.8%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.8%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	LAX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	73.6%	76.2%	79.0%	68.8%
Arrived on time	72.3%	76.2%	79.0%	69.4%
Cancelled	1.2%	1.2%	0.9%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.7 min	18.9 min	15.1 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	582	570	521	21,066
Scheduled departures	17,454	17,104	190,106	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	3,575	20%	81.1%	3.7 min	0.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	3,497	20%	74.8%	9.1 min	1.5%
AA American Airlines	2,904	17%	65.2%	24.1 min	1.7%
UA United Airlines	2,818	16%	77.1%	6.9 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	2,313	13%	62.6%	16.0 min	0.5%
AS Alaska Airlines	1,054	6%	69.4%	9.8 min	1.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways	754	4%	62.7%	17.1 min	7.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	539	3%	70.5%	11.3 min	2.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LAX–SFO	Los Angeles to San Francisco	1,118	44.3%	30.8 min	0.4%
LAX–JFK	Los Angeles to New York	919	60.6%	22.9 min	7.7%
LAX–ORD	Los Angeles to Chicago	749	73.0%	12.9 min	1.9%
LAX–SEA	Los Angeles to Seattle	668	80.1%	2.0 min	0.4%
LAX–DEN	Los Angeles to Denver	667	74.4%	12.0 min	0.4%
LAX–LAS	Los Angeles to Las Vegas	661	74.3%	10.9 min	0.5%
LAX–PHX	Los Angeles to Phoenix	630	76.7%	10.3 min	0.2%
LAX–HNL	Los Angeles to Honolulu	603	68.2%	15.5 min	0.5%
LAX–DFW	Los Angeles to Dallas/Fort Worth	559	66.4%	22.6 min	1.4%
LAX–SMF	Los Angeles to Sacramento	518	84.6%	4.8 min	0.4%
LAX–BOS	Los Angeles to Boston	483	67.7%	20.6 min	3.1%
LAX–ATL	Los Angeles to Atlanta	423	72.8%	11.3 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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	35.0%	31.7%	106,259
Late-arriving aircraft	40.3%	41.8%	122,122
National Aviation System	23.2%	19.9%	70,220
Extreme weather	1.4%	6.5%	4,180
Security	0.2%	0.1%	490

303,271 delay minutes on 4,501 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 July 2026?

73.6% of 17,454 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 76.2% of 17,104 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 73.6% and 1.2% in July 2026.

Provenance

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