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
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).
| Arrival | Flights | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Early / on-time | 1,746 | 75% |
| 16-30 min | 181 | 8% |
| 31-60 min | 207 | 9% |
| 61-120 min | 135 | 6% |
| 2+ hrs | 66 | 3% |
Performance by month
| Month | Flights | On-time | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 206 | 74% | +10 min |
| 2025-08 | 203 | 87% | -3 min |
| 2025-09 | 197 | 79% | +9 min |
| 2025-10 | 208 | 76% | +7 min |
| 2025-11 | 184 | 70% | +17 min |
| 2025-12 | 186 | 72% | +16 min |
| 2026-01 | 169 | 89% | -9 min |
| 2026-02 | 175 | 77% | +5 min |
| 2026-03 | 200 | 89% | -3 min |
| 2026-04 | 203 | 61% | +23 min |
| 2026-05 | 201 | 65% | +19 min |
| 2026-06 | 203 | 62% | +17 min |
Performance by day of week
| Day | Flights | On-time |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 343 | 71% |
| Tue | 345 | 79% |
| Wed | 337 | 77% |
| Thu | 345 | 70% |
| Fri | 337 | 72% |
| Sat | 293 | 82% |
| Sun | 335 | 73% |
DL flight numbers on SFO → LAX
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