LAX → BOS American Airlines

American Airlines · Los Angeles, CA to Boston, MA · 1,146 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 16 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -7 min, while the worst 10% run +54 min or later.
On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+54 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on LAX → BOS (1,146 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +54 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time87277%
16-30 min918%
31-60 min615%
61-120 min585%
2+ hrs494%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-078978%+6 min
2025-089386%-3 min
2025-096077%+14 min
2025-108476%+27 min
2025-118976%+18 min
2025-128873%+14 min
2026-0111170%+17 min
2026-0210473%+7 min
2026-0312181%0 min
2026-048882%-4 min
2026-058973%+21 min
2026-0611580%+25 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon16382%
Tue16583%
Wed16069%
Thu16273%
Fri16479%
Sat16181%
Sun15672%

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