Flight OddsDSM → LAX American Airlines
American Airlines · Des Moines, IA to Los Angeles, CA · 272 flights, 2025-10-06 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 6 flight numbers
On-time arrival
72%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+63 min
Cancellation rate
0%
How on-time is American Airlines from DSM to LAX?
Across every American Airlines flight number on DSM → LAX (272 flights, 2025-10-06 to 2026-06-30), 72% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +63 min or later. 0% were cancelled.
Delay distribution
Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).
| Arrival | Flights | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Early / on-time | 196 | 72% |
| 16-30 min | 30 | 11% |
| 31-60 min | 17 | 6% |
| 61-120 min | 13 | 5% |
| 2+ hrs | 15 | 6% |
Performance by month
| Month | Flights | On-time | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10 | 27 | 81% | +7 min |
| 2025-11 | 32 | 69% | +77 min |
| 2025-12 | 30 | 63% | +100 min |
| 2026-01 | 31 | 71% | +44 min |
| 2026-02 | 28 | 75% | +12 min |
| 2026-03 | 31 | 84% | +2 min |
| 2026-04 | 30 | 63% | +15 min |
| 2026-05 | 32 | 81% | -7 min |
| 2026-06 | 30 | 63% | +14 min |
Performance by day of week
| Day | Flights | On-time |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 40 | 75% |
| Tue | 39 | 77% |
| Wed | 38 | 79% |
| Thu | 39 | 69% |
| Fri | 39 | 74% |
| Sat | 38 | 71% |
| Sun | 38 | 61% |
AA flight numbers on DSM → LAX
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