LAX → AUS Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Los Angeles, CA to Austin, TX · 1,026 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 49 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 89% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 51% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
70%
Median delay
+3 min
90th percentile
+51 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on LAX → AUS (1,026 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 70% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +3 min; the worst 10% ran +51 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time71470%
16-30 min12012%
31-60 min10610%
61-120 min515%
2+ hrs273%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-078772%+15 min
2025-086192%+1 min
2025-095693%-5 min
2025-109673%+8 min
2025-119367%+15 min
2025-1210069%+9 min
2026-016874%+14 min
2026-027073%+11 min
2026-039859%+19 min
2026-049675%+10 min
2026-059560%+25 min
2026-069855%+25 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon16960%
Tue14577%
Wed13878%
Thu16970%
Fri17170%
Sat7482%
Sun15262%

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