Route Reliability
Los Angeles → Buffalo
LAX–BUF · 2,218 miles · Los Angeles International Airport to Buffalo Niagara International Airport
- 62%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 45 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.9%
- 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 62% of the time across 137 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
The 12–3 PM departure wins.
LAX–BUF flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 59% between 9 PM–12 AM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
LAX–BUF flights arrived on time 72% of the time on Mondays and just 50% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Recent months have been rougher.
LAX–BUF flights arrived on time 58% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 66% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon72%(18 flights)
- Tue61%(18 flights)
- Wed72%(18 flights)
- Thu55%(20 flights)
- Fri53%(19 flights)
- Sat72%(18 flights)
- Sun50%(20 flights)
- 12–3 PM91%(11 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM59%(120 flights)
Jun 73% → May 91% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 73% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 69% | 29 |
| August 2025 | 55% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 60% | 10 |
| December 2025 | 23% | 13 |
| May 2026 | 91% | 11 |
Keep nerding
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.