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

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 33% departing 9pm–12am.
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).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time85963%
16-30 min14311%
31-60 min19114%
61-120 min1138%
2+ hrs554%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0710869%+12 min
2025-0812063%+13 min
2025-0911858%+21 min
2025-1011861%+20 min
2025-1111768%+18 min
2025-1212164%+26 min
2026-019984%+9 min
2026-029569%+16 min
2026-0310477%+7 min
2026-0410261%+15 min
2026-0510658%+27 min
2026-0615337%+36 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon20756%
Tue17674%
Wed17066%
Thu20560%
Fri20759%
Sat19173%
Sun20557%

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