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Route Reliability

Buffalo → Los Angeles

BUFLAX · 2,218 miles · Buffalo Niagara International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
66%
Arrive within 15 minutes
27 min
Average arrival delay
1.5%
Cancelled
137
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

JetBlue Airways is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 66% of the time across 137 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

BUF–LAX flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 63% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

BUF–LAX flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Tuesdays and just 55% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Slipping a little lately.

BUF–LAX flights arrived on time 66% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 71% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon68%(19 flights)
  • Tue83%(18 flights)
  • Wed78%(18 flights)
  • Thu60%(20 flights)
  • Fri55%(20 flights)
  • Sat63%(19 flights)
  • Sun57%(21 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM92%(13 flights)
  • 6–9 PM63%(122 flights)
On-time trend by month
91%
May

Jun 73% → May 91% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%30
July 202571%31
August 202568%31
November 202580%10
December 202527%15
May 202691%11

Based on 137 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.