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Route Reliability

Los Angeles → Austin

LAX–AUS · 1,242 miles · Los Angeles International Airport to Austin–Bergstrom International Airport

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
4,073
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines88%734 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines82%1,286 flights
  3. 3.American Airlines78%1,012 flights
  4. 4.Southwest Airlines72%1,013 flights

Not enough history to rank: Spirit Airlines (28 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

LAX–AUS flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 71% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

LAX–AUS flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 75%.

United Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

United Airlines arrived on time 88% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 72%.

Slipping a little lately.

LAX–AUS flights arrived on time 75% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(620 flights)
  • Tue83%(553 flights)
  • Wed84%(560 flights)
  • Thu80%(618 flights)
  • Fri80%(613 flights)
  • Sat78%(446 flights)
  • Sun75%(619 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM71%(14 flights)
  • 3–6 AM91%(100 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(886 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(858 flights)
  • 12–3 PM71%(574 flights)
  • 3–6 PM80%(803 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(740 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM80%(54 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 81% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202581%352
July 202577%347
August 202587%312
September 202594%270
October 202585%346
November 202573%346
December 202576%345
January 202681%295
February 202682%276
March 202672%385
April 202681%381
May 202673%374

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Based on 4,073 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.