How punctual is Los Angeles International Airport?
Based on 9 days of actual departures against their scheduled times.
55%
Left within 15 minutes
23
Average delay (minutes)
Best and worst hours to fly out
Flights scheduled in the early hours leave close to time. Delay builds up through the day as aircraft fall behind, then resets overnight.
Leaves closest to schedule
Average delay by scheduled departure hour
- 13:00 AM11 min
- 25:00 AM11 min
- 36:00 AM13 min
- 41:00 AM14 min
- 5midnight16 min
Runs latest
Average delay by scheduled departure hour
- 12:00 AM40 min
- 29:00 PM29 min
- 3midday29 min
- 44:00 PM29 min
- 511:00 PM28 min
Airlines
Most flights
By number of departures
- 1Delta1,034
- 2American Airlines896
- 3United894
- 4Southwest490
- 5Alaska372
Most punctual
Lowest average delay
- 1Spirit0 min
- 2YP0 min
- 39X3 min
- 4CK4 min
- 55X5 min
Runs latest
Highest average delay
- 15Y49 min
- 2JL49 min
- 3OZ42 min
- 4K439 min
- 5PR38 min
Destinations
Departures by hour
The heaviest hour is 10:00 AM, with 466 departures over the period. Bar height is how many flights leave; colour is how late they run.
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Day by day
Each bar is one day. Height is the number of departures; colour is the average delay that day.
17/8
21/8
25/8
Under 15 min
15–30 min
30–45 min
45–70 min
Over 70 min
By day of week
1
Tuesday
1328 departures · 18 min average delay
2
Friday
886 departures · 24 min average delay
3
Monday
876 departures · 23 min average delay
4
Thursday
871 departures · 26 min average delay
5
Sunday
842 departures · 27 min average delay
6
Saturday
763 departures · 24 min average delay
7
Wednesday
16 departures · 58 min average delay
Measured
Unlike the crowding estimate, these are real recorded departure times, not a model.