SFO → LAX Southwest Airlines
Southwest Airlines · San Francisco, CA to Los Angeles, CA · 1,369 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 84 flight numbers
On-time arrival
63%
Median delay
+4 min
90th percentile
+71 min
Cancellation rate
1%
How on-time is Southwest Airlines from SFO to LAX?
Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on SFO → LAX (1,369 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 63% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +4 min; the worst 10% ran +71 min or later. 1% were cancelled.
Delay distribution
Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).
| Arrival | Flights | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Early / on-time | 859 | 63% |
| 16-30 min | 143 | 11% |
| 31-60 min | 191 | 14% |
| 61-120 min | 113 | 8% |
| 2+ hrs | 55 | 4% |
Performance by month
| Month | Flights | On-time | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 108 | 69% | +12 min |
| 2025-08 | 120 | 63% | +13 min |
| 2025-09 | 118 | 58% | +21 min |
| 2025-10 | 118 | 61% | +20 min |
| 2025-11 | 117 | 68% | +18 min |
| 2025-12 | 121 | 64% | +26 min |
| 2026-01 | 99 | 84% | +9 min |
| 2026-02 | 95 | 69% | +16 min |
| 2026-03 | 104 | 77% | +7 min |
| 2026-04 | 102 | 61% | +15 min |
| 2026-05 | 106 | 58% | +27 min |
| 2026-06 | 153 | 37% | +36 min |
Performance by day of week
| Day | Flights | On-time |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 207 | 56% |
| Tue | 176 | 74% |
| Wed | 170 | 66% |
| Thu | 205 | 60% |
| Fri | 207 | 59% |
| Sat | 191 | 73% |
| Sun | 205 | 57% |
WN flight numbers on SFO → LAX
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