SFO → LAX Alaska Airlines

Alaska Airlines · San Francisco, CA to Los Angeles, CA · 2,306 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 73 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 63% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+53 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every Alaska Airlines flight number on SFO → LAX (2,306 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +53 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,66074%
16-30 min2009%
31-60 min2149%
61-120 min1356%
2+ hrs492%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0719566%+20 min
2025-0818976%+9 min
2025-0916677%+3 min
2025-1019875%+11 min
2025-1119369%+17 min
2025-1220277%+12 min
2026-0117185%+2 min
2026-0216480%+8 min
2026-0319788%+2 min
2026-0418771%+13 min
2026-0519964%+13 min
2026-0619758%+17 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon35370%
Tue30583%
Wed28778%
Thu34673%
Fri34867%
Sat27479%
Sun34569%

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