DEN → LAX Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Denver, CO to Los Angeles, CA · 1,918 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 89 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 92% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 54% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
69%
Median delay
+2 min
90th percentile
+53 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DEN → LAX (1,918 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 69% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +2 min; the worst 10% ran +53 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,31569%
16-30 min23813%
31-60 min19710%
61-120 min1166%
2+ hrs352%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0717760%+21 min
2025-0816473%+12 min
2025-0915979%+3 min
2025-1016770%+10 min
2025-1115378%+4 min
2025-1216565%+12 min
2026-0113781%-3 min
2026-0213473%+5 min
2026-0316680%+5 min
2026-0415969%+11 min
2026-0516260%+19 min
2026-0615845%+32 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon29466%
Tue26072%
Wed25476%
Thu29564%
Fri29571%
Sat22773%
Sun27664%

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