STL → LAX Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · St. Louis, MO to Los Angeles, CA · 674 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 38 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 92% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 44% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
+2 min
90th percentile
+43 min
Cancellation rate
0%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from STL to LAX?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on STL → LAX (674 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +2 min; the worst 10% ran +43 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time50174%
16-30 min7211%
31-60 min558%
61-120 min304%
2+ hrs152%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-076271%+16 min
2025-086184%+5 min
2025-096088%+1 min
2025-106670%+15 min
2025-117281%+6 min
2025-127373%+6 min
2026-014480%+6 min
2026-024582%-3 min
2026-034580%+10 min
2026-044353%+16 min
2026-054473%+12 min
2026-065857%+27 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon10759%
Tue8789%
Wed8388%
Thu10374%
Fri10972%
Sat8276%
Sun10270%

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