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Route Reliability

Los Angeles → Palm Springs

LAXPSP · 110 miles · Los Angeles International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport

94
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
89%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
423
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • United Airlines89% on time · 415 flights
  • American Airlines88% on time · 8 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

LAX–PSP flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 87% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Saturdays have been rough.

LAX–PSP flights arrived on time 96% of the time on Wednesdays and just 80% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

LAX–PSP flights arrived on time 91% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% 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

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon88%(66 flights)
  • Tue94%(48 flights)
  • Wed96%(55 flights)
  • Thu89%(65 flights)
  • Fri91%(66 flights)
  • Sat80%(54 flights)
  • Sun88%(65 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(63 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(99 flights)
  • 12–3 PM100%(12 flights)
  • 3–6 PM88%(93 flights)
  • 6–9 PM91%(142 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM100%(10 flights)
On-time trend by month
97%
May

Aug 86% → May 97% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
August 202586%14
September 202597%30
October 2025100%35
November 202588%49
December 202580%51
January 202688%51
February 202689%46
March 202685%53
April 202690%59
May 202697%31

Based on 423 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.