Airport month record
LAXJUN
Los Angeles International in June 2026
- Departures
- 16,664
- Month
- June 2026
- National, same month
- 74.3%
- Carriers
- 8
Historical statistics for June 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s June. For today’s conditions at LAX, see live FAA status.
LAX in June lands a B+, 3 points better than the national rate of 74.3%. Roughly one flight in four arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by a little over an hour on average. That rests on 16,664 flights, of which SkyWest Airlines flew 3,461 at 85.6% on time.
SkyWest Airlines is the most reliable of the eight carriers covered here at 85.6% on time across 3,461 flights.
Key figures
On time
77.0%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 16,479 completed departures
Avg delay
69 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
0.61%
Nationally in June: 1.65%
Whole year
79.5%
LAX across all twelve months
These figures cover 16,664 departures from Los Angeles International in June 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
June next to LAX's other months
Against LAX's own year, June ran 3 points worse than the twelve-month rate of 79.5%, which makes it number ten of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, May ran 80.0% on time and July 73.7%, so this month sits in line with its neighbours.
| 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 (this page) | 16,664 | 77.0% | 69 min | 0.61% | B+ |
| July 2026 | 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 June
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 21 points, against 27 points between the best and worst carrier.
- 5am–8am2,160 flights90.4%
- 8am–11am4,054 flights81.8%
- 11am–2pm2,554 flights71.8%
- 2pm–5pm2,299 flights69.9%
- 5pm–8pm2,497 flights71.3%
- 8pm–5am3,100 flights75.5%
Scale runs 60% to 95%.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 90.4% of the time, against 69.9% for the afternoon window. That is 21 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 4,054 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Tuesday is the strongest day at 82.8% on time and Thursday the weakest at 73.5%, a spread of 9 points.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at LAX in June
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. SkyWest Airlines arrives on time 85.6% of the time; Southwest Airlines manages 58.6%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 2,275 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 3,461 | 85.6% | 68 min | 0.17% | A+ |
| Delta Air Lines | 3,335 | 80.3% | 72 min | 0.57% | B+ |
| American Airlines | 2,755 | 73.5% | 96 min | 1.42% | C |
| United Airlines | 2,642 | 81.6% | 67 min | 0.23% | B+ |
| Southwest Airlines | 2,275 | 58.6% | 53 min | 0.44% | D+ |
| Alaska Airlines | 1,040 | 74.9% | 55 min | 0.38% | C+ |
| JetBlue Airways | 666 | 79.4% | 71 min | 1.20% | B |
| Frontier Airlines | 490 | 75.2% | 64 min | 2.04% | B |
The spread between SkyWest and Southwest is 27 points, wide enough that it should decide the booking. On a hundred trips that is 27 more arrivals inside the on-time window.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of LAX in June
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAX to SFO · San Francisco | 1,079 | 46.8% | 59 min | 0.37% | F+ |
| LAX to JFK · New York | 821 | 76.2% | 86 min | 1.22% | B |
| LAX to ORD · Chicago | 659 | 73.6% | 96 min | 1.82% | C |
| LAX to DEN · Denver | 654 | 78.3% | 77 min | 0.46% | B+ |
| LAX to SEA · Seattle | 651 | 78.7% | 62 min | 0.46% | B+ |
| LAX to LAS · Las Vegas | 625 | 69.7% | 58 min | 0.64% | C+ |
| LAX to PHX · Phoenix | 604 | 78.1% | 65 min | 0.17% | B+ |
| LAX to HNL · Honolulu | 561 | 75.8% | 69 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| LAX to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worth | 522 | 67.4% | 90 min | 3.07% | C− |
| LAX to SMF · Sacramento | 521 | 82.5% | 60 min | 0.19% | B+ |
| LAX to BOS · Boston | 453 | 81.2% | 107 min | 1.10% | B |
| LAX to ATL · Atlanta | 433 | 84.6% | 60 min | 1.15% | B |
| LAX to IAH · Houston | 395 | 83.6% | 60 min | 0.51% | B+ |
| LAX to SJC · San Jose | 395 | 79.0% | 61 min | 1.27% | B |
| LAX to EWR · Newark | 381 | 83.1% | 70 min | 0.26% | B+ |
| LAX to AUS · Austinthin sample | 359 | 72.6% | 59 min | 0.28% | C+ |
| LAX to PDX · Portlandthin sample | 358 | 83.9% | 68 min | 1.12% | B |
| LAX to SLC · Salt Lake Citythin sample | 326 | 85.0% | 64 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| LAX to MCO · Orlandothin sample | 296 | 72.6% | 74 min | 0.68% | C+ |
| LAX to MIA · Miamithin sample | 269 | 81.7% | 96 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| LAX to IAD · Washingtonthin sample | 253 | 90.4% | 57 min | 0.79% | A+ |
| LAX to OGG · Kahuluithin sample | 249 | 81.5% | 57 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| LAX to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 234 | 80.3% | 82 min | 2.14% | B |
| LAX to BNA · Nashvillethin sample | 232 | 79.1% | 60 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| LAX to TUS · Tucsonthin sample | 223 | 73.9% | 68 min | 0.00% | C+ |
Delay causes
What held LAX up in June
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 262,000 reported delay minutes.
- 40%Late-arriving aircraft
- 38%Carrier
- 21%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 262,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 27 to one. The split is drawn from 262,321 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations are rare at 0.61%, below the national 1.65% and low enough to earn the plus on the grade. Roughly one flight in 100 is called off; the risk here is arriving late, not not arriving.
8.0% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 9.7%, so a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last a little over an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.
What to do with this
Flying from LAX in June
For a June trip through LAX: plan on this being one of the airport's harder months. The 5am–8am departures held up best at 90.4% on time, and with 8.0% 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 July73.7%
- 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.