DAL → LAX Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Dallas, TX to Los Angeles, CA · 1,470 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 96 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 93% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 50% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
70%
Median delay
+2 min
90th percentile
+50 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from DAL to LAX?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DAL → LAX (1,470 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 70% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +2 min; the worst 10% ran +50 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,01970%
16-30 min16812%
31-60 min15711%
61-120 min806%
2+ hrs272%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0714369%+13 min
2025-0811076%+8 min
2025-0910286%+4 min
2025-1011972%+13 min
2025-1111775%+10 min
2025-1213569%+9 min
2026-019479%+5 min
2026-0210373%+3 min
2026-0313178%+5 min
2026-0412862%+19 min
2026-0512964%+16 min
2026-0614049%+27 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon22969%
Tue20175%
Wed19977%
Thu22470%
Fri23068%
Sat17170%
Sun19762%

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