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Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) departure delays

Name: Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) departure delays
Creator: FlightLabs

Of 82,317 sampled departures, 59.0% left 15 minutes or more behind schedule. Average lateness was 30.8 minutes. Sample window: Nov 4, 2025 to Oct 30, 2026.

These are historical aggregates, not live status. A departure is late at 15 minutes past schedule.

When departures are on time

Best hour to depart: 00:00–00:59, 28.1% late.
Best day of week: Tuesday, 50.5% late.

Airlines with the most late departures

Airline	Flights sampled	Late	Average lateness
Linea Aerea Carguera de Colombia S. dba LATAM Cargo Colombia (L7)	22	95.5%	41.1 min
Finnair (AY)	83	92.8%	39.4 min
EL AL (LY)	165	92.7%	30.5 min
Qantas Airways (QF)	436	92.4%	31.3 min
Air New Zealand (NZ)	215	92.1%	29.8 min

Routes from LAX

LAX to SFO — 371 flights per week
LAX to LAS — 254 flights per week
LAX to PHX — 197 flights per week
LAX to ORD — 184 flights per week
LAX to SEA — 181 flights per week
LAX to SMF — 170 flights per week
LAX to JFK — 156 flights per week
LAX to DEN — 156 flights per week

The departures that are late right now

59.0% of this LAX sample left 15 minutes late or more. GET /flight_delays returns the ones that are late at this moment: airline, flight number, scheduled time, actual time and minutes of delay.

https://www.goflightlabs.com/flight_delays?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY&delay=15&type=departures&dep_iata=LAX

Example response

Field names match the live API. This flight only shows the shape. It is not a live result.

{ "success": true, "data": [ { "airline_iata": "AA", "flight_iata": "AA100", "flight_number": "100", "dep_iata": "LAX", "dep_time": "2024-03-15 08:00", "dep_actual": "2024-03-15 08:22", "dep_delayed": 22, "status": "active" } ] }

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