Airport month record
LAXJUL
Los Angeles International in July 2026
- Departures
- 17,454
- Month
- July 2026
- National, same month
- 71.7%
- Carriers
- 8
Historical statistics for July 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s July. For today’s conditions at LAX, see live FAA status.
LAX in July sits in the middle of the pack with a C. Close to three flights in four arrive on time by the DOT's definition, 2 points better than the national rate of 71.7%. The late ones land about an hour behind schedule. That rests on 17,454 flights, of which SkyWest Airlines flew 3,575 at 81.3% on time.
SkyWest Airlines is the most reliable of the eight carriers covered here at 81.3% on time across 3,575 flights.
Key figures
On time
73.7%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 17,113 completed departures
Avg delay
67 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
1.20%
Nationally in July: 2.62%
Whole year
79.5%
LAX across all twelve months
These figures cover 17,454 departures from Los Angeles International in July 2026. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.
Against the year
July next to LAX's other months
Against LAX's own year, July ran 6 points worse than the twelve-month rate of 79.5%, which makes it the worst of the twelve months in the data. Either side of it, June ran 77.0% on time and August 76.9%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a better stretch.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 15,262 | 85.8% | 66 min | 0.28% | A+ |
| October 2025 | 16,122 | 83.5% | 70 min | 0.31% | B+ |
| November 2025 | 15,422 | 79.7% | 67 min | 1.78% | B |
| December 2025 | 16,050 | 77.7% | 71 min | 0.88% | B+ |
| January 2026 | 14,815 | 81.2% | 76 min | 2.17% | B |
| February 2026 | 13,687 | 80.9% | 69 min | 1.42% | B |
| March 2026 | 16,088 | 77.7% | 65 min | 1.29% | B |
| April 2026 | 15,732 | 81.5% | 62 min | 0.44% | B+ |
| May 2026 | 16,317 | 80.0% | 64 min | 0.54% | B+ |
| June 2026 | 16,664 | 77.0% | 69 min | 0.61% | B+ |
| July 2026 (this page) | 17,454 | 73.7% | 67 min | 1.20% | C |
| August 2026 | 16,494 | 76.9% | 62 min | 0.81% | B+ |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave LAX in July
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 19 points, against 18 points between the best and worst carrier.
- 5am–8am2,280 flights87.1%
- 8am–11am4,282 flights76.6%
- 11am–2pm2,587 flights70.6%
- 2pm–5pm2,397 flights70.2%
- 5pm–8pm2,674 flights70.1%
- 8pm–5am3,234 flights68.5%
Scale runs 60% to 95%.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 87.1% of the time, against 68.5% for the overnight window. That is 19 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 8am–11am window is the busiest, with 4,282 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 76.5% on time and Monday the weakest at 70.0%, a spread of 7 points.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at LAX in July
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. SkyWest Airlines arrives on time 81.3% of the time; Southwest Airlines manages 63.1%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 2,313 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 3,575 | 81.3% | 68 min | 0.08% | B+ |
| Delta Air Lines | 3,497 | 76.7% | 67 min | 1.54% | B |
| American Airlines | 2,904 | 67.1% | 89 min | 1.69% | C |
| United Airlines | 2,818 | 78.3% | 62 min | 0.50% | B+ |
| Southwest Airlines | 2,313 | 63.1% | 50 min | 0.48% | D+ |
| Alaska Airlines | 1,054 | 70.4% | 50 min | 1.14% | C |
| JetBlue Airways | 754 | 69.1% | 80 min | 7.16% | C− |
| Frontier Airlines | 539 | 72.4% | 66 min | 2.41% | C |
JetBlue Airways cancels 7.2% of what it schedules here, the highest in the table. A cancelled flight never appears in an on-time rate, so read that column alongside the punctuality one rather than after it.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of LAX in July
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAX to SFO · San Francisco | 1,118 | 44.5% | 58 min | 0.45% | F+ |
| LAX to JFK · New York | 919 | 68.9% | 96 min | 7.73% | C− |
| LAX to ORD · Chicago | 749 | 75.6% | 88 min | 1.87% | B |
| LAX to SEA · Seattle | 668 | 80.5% | 59 min | 0.45% | B+ |
| LAX to DEN · Denver | 667 | 75.3% | 76 min | 0.45% | B+ |
| LAX to LAS · Las Vegas | 661 | 74.7% | 64 min | 0.45% | C+ |
| LAX to PHX · Phoenix | 630 | 77.3% | 74 min | 0.16% | B+ |
| LAX to HNL · Honolulu | 603 | 68.5% | 63 min | 0.50% | C+ |
| LAX to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worth | 559 | 67.7% | 86 min | 1.43% | C |
| LAX to SMF · Sacramento | 518 | 84.9% | 92 min | 0.39% | B+ |
| LAX to BOS · Boston | 483 | 70.2% | 86 min | 3.11% | C− |
| LAX to ATL · Atlanta | 423 | 74.8% | 75 min | 0.95% | C+ |
| LAX to IAH · Houston | 414 | 83.1% | 52 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| LAX to SJC · San Jose | 411 | 83.5% | 60 min | 1.46% | B |
| LAX to EWR · Newark | 403 | 71.6% | 81 min | 3.97% | C− |
| LAX to AUS · Austinthin sample | 356 | 71.9% | 54 min | 0.84% | C+ |
| LAX to PDX · Portlandthin sample | 351 | 85.1% | 50 min | 0.28% | A+ |
| LAX to MCO · Orlandothin sample | 339 | 64.5% | 75 min | 0.88% | D+ |
| LAX to SLC · Salt Lake Citythin sample | 336 | 84.1% | 63 min | 0.89% | B+ |
| LAX to MIA · Miamithin sample | 284 | 63.3% | 59 min | 1.41% | D |
| LAX to OGG · Kahuluithin sample | 279 | 75.5% | 56 min | 0.72% | B+ |
| LAX to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 250 | 67.2% | 86 min | 3.20% | C− |
| LAX to IAD · Washingtonthin sample | 241 | 81.2% | 53 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| LAX to TUS · Tucsonthin sample | 229 | 72.5% | 64 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| LAX to RNO · Renothin sample | 224 | 88.8% | 50 min | 0.00% | A+ |
Delay causes
What held LAX up in July
Carriers report a reason for every delay minute they cause, in five DOT categories. The split below is by minutes, not by number of flights, so a handful of very long weather delays weighs as much as many short ones. It covers 303,000 reported delay minutes.
- 40%Late-arriving aircraft
- 35%Carrier
- 23%National Airspace System
- 1%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
40% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. Across 303,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 29 to one. The split is drawn from 303,271 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations sit at 1.20% against a national 2.62%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.75%.
9.2% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 11.3% nationally. Ninety minutes is the honest minimum for a connection here, and two hours if the onward flight is on a separate ticket.
What to do with this
Flying from LAX in July
For a July trip through LAX: plan on this being one of the airport's harder months. The 5am–8am departures held up best at 87.1% on time, and with 9.2% of arrivals an hour or more late, a connection here deserves more slack than the same trip in September would.
Related
Where to go next
- Los Angeles International (LAX), the whole year
- LAX in September85.8%
- LAX in October83.5%
- LAX in November79.7%
- LAX in December77.7%
- LAX in January81.2%
- LAX in February80.9%
- LAX in March77.7%
- LAX in April81.5%
- LAX in May80.0%
- LAX in June77.0%
- LAX in August76.9%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, September 2025 to August 2026. Last updated ; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.