BOS → LAX American Airlines

American Airlines · Boston, MA to Los Angeles, CA · 1,143 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 19 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -6 min, while the worst 10% run +55 min or later.
On-time arrival
75%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+55 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on BOS → LAX (1,143 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 75% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -6 min; the worst 10% ran +55 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time84075%
16-30 min989%
31-60 min837%
61-120 min525%
2+ hrs525%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-078867%+24 min
2025-089380%+2 min
2025-096167%+29 min
2025-108369%+44 min
2025-118975%+44 min
2025-128859%+30 min
2026-0111065%+7 min
2026-0210366%+15 min
2026-0312087%-9 min
2026-048893%-1 min
2026-058987%-4 min
2026-0611378%0 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon15771%
Tue16677%
Wed16080%
Thu16171%
Fri16368%
Sat16078%
Sun15877%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…