DEN → LAX American Airlines

American Airlines · Denver, CO to Los Angeles, CA · 896 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 20 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -8 min, while the worst 10% run +56 min or later.
On-time arrival
79%
Median delay
-8 min
90th percentile
+56 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on DEN → LAX (896 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 79% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -8 min; the worst 10% ran +56 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time69979%
16-30 min536%
31-60 min506%
61-120 min485%
2+ hrs344%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-079279%+12 min
2025-088377%+13 min
2025-098284%-2 min
2025-108789%+1 min
2025-117189%-7 min
2025-126876%+29 min
2026-016087%-3 min
2026-025472%+9 min
2026-036276%+3 min
2026-048377%+6 min
2026-058273%+9 min
2026-066065%+39 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon13379%
Tue12383%
Wed12485%
Thu12378%
Fri12778%
Sat12278%
Sun13273%

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