PHX → LAX Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Phoenix, AZ to Los Angeles, CA · 2,007 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 125 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 92% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 55% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
0 min
90th percentile
+45 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on PHX → LAX (2,007 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay 0 min; the worst 10% ran +45 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,46373%
16-30 min21411%
31-60 min19210%
61-120 min945%
2+ hrs332%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0716279%+11 min
2025-0817578%+7 min
2025-0917378%+7 min
2025-1018172%+9 min
2025-1116774%+10 min
2025-1217468%+12 min
2026-0116482%0 min
2026-0215377%+5 min
2026-0317175%+8 min
2026-0416773%+9 min
2026-0517066%+14 min
2026-0613953%+23 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon30272%
Tue28282%
Wed27580%
Thu29968%
Fri30272%
Sat23581%
Sun30160%

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