ATL → LAX American Airlines

American Airlines · Atlanta, GA to Los Angeles, CA · 380 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 8 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -9 min, while the worst 10% run +72 min or later.
On-time arrival
75%
Median delay
-9 min
90th percentile
+72 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is American Airlines from ATL to LAX?

Across every American Airlines flight number on ATL → LAX (380 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 75% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -9 min; the worst 10% ran +72 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time28575%
16-30 min226%
31-60 min267%
61-120 min216%
2+ hrs246%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073165%+55 min
2025-083161%+27 min
2025-093087%+2 min
2025-103070%+73 min
2025-113977%+16 min
2025-123784%+4 min
2026-013171%+19 min
2026-022893%-15 min
2026-033090%-16 min
2026-043077%+12 min
2026-053152%+23 min
2026-063080%+15 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon5571%
Tue5472%
Wed5283%
Thu5281%
Fri5377%
Sat5675%
Sun5670%

AA flight numbers on ATL → LAX

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