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Airlines on LAX → SFO
Every airline with at least 200 flights on this route, over the route's reporting period.
United Airlines is clearly ahead of the rest on 2 of 4 rates, Southwest Airlines on 1; the other one is too close to call among United Airlines, SkyWest Airlines, and Delta Air Lines.
| Metric | United Airlines | SkyWest Airlines | Delta Air Lines | Southwest Airlines |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On-time arrival · too close to call | 72.5% (best, but too close to call) | 71.8% (too close to call with the best) | 71.4% (too close to call with the best) | 62.1% |
| Cancellation rate | 0.84% | 0.64% | 0.80% | 0.25% (best) |
| Severe delay (60+ min) | 7.9% (best) | 9.0% | 9.1% | 12.7% |
| Average arrival delay | 8 min (best) | 11 min | 9 min | 17 min |
| Median arrival delay | -4 min | -1 min | -4 min | 4 min |
| Departure on-time | 81.0% (best) | 78.7% | 76.2% | 60.6% |
| Flights analyzed | 9,784 | 9,241 | 7,252 | 4,377 |
A check mark and green mark the best figure in a row (higher for on-time rates, lower for delays and cancellations) when it is clearly better than every other side’s: a two-proportion test against each, on that side’s flight count, at about 95% confidence. When it is not, the row says “too close to call” and a “≈” marks the sides that cannot be told apart from the best figure. Average and median delay carry no sample-error estimate here, so they are marked by the printed figure alone.
LAX → SFO (Los Angeles to San Francisco · 337 mi): July 2023 – July 2026. FlyerIntel keeps one total per airline for the route, not the dates each airline started or stopped flying it, so an airline that flew the route for only part of that time is measured over that part.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · Airlines with fewer than 200 flights on this route are left out.
Month by month
There is no month-by-month chart for these airlines. FlyerIntel keeps monthly figures for each route and for each airline across its whole network, but not for one airline on one route. The LAX → SFO route page shows the route’s own trend.