SFO → LAX Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines · San Francisco, CA to Los Angeles, CA · 2,373 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 18 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 97% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 55% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
75%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+54 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How on-time is Delta Air Lines from SFO to LAX?

Across every Delta Air Lines flight number on SFO → LAX (2,373 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 75% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +54 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,74675%
16-30 min1818%
31-60 min2079%
61-120 min1356%
2+ hrs663%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0720674%+10 min
2025-0820387%-3 min
2025-0919779%+9 min
2025-1020876%+7 min
2025-1118470%+17 min
2025-1218672%+16 min
2026-0116989%-9 min
2026-0217577%+5 min
2026-0320089%-3 min
2026-0420361%+23 min
2026-0520165%+19 min
2026-0620362%+17 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon34371%
Tue34579%
Wed33777%
Thu34570%
Fri33772%
Sat29382%
Sun33573%

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