SFO → LAX American Airlines

American Airlines · San Francisco, CA to Los Angeles, CA · 1,811 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 41 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 89% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 48% departing 12–3pm.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+59 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on SFO → LAX (1,811 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +59 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,33674%
16-30 min1257%
31-60 min1659%
61-120 min1247%
2+ hrs453%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0717178%+6 min
2025-0817880%+15 min
2025-0915479%+8 min
2025-1017571%+13 min
2025-1112881%+5 min
2025-1213773%+14 min
2026-0111788%+3 min
2026-0210482%+10 min
2026-0312085%+2 min
2026-0413965%+18 min
2026-0517159%+26 min
2026-0620163%+15 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon27268%
Tue23977%
Wed22675%
Thu26372%
Fri27074%
Sat25379%
Sun27276%

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