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Route Reliability

Los Angeles → SAF

LAXSAF · 710 miles · Los Angeles International Airport to SAF Airport

88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
0%
Cancelled
238
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 238 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 3–6 PM departure wins.

LAX–SAF flights departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 75% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Mondays have been rough.

LAX–SAF flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Thursdays and just 65% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 238 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

Trending in the right direction.

LAX–SAF flights arrived on time 89% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon65%(34 flights)
  • Tue85%(34 flights)
  • Wed82%(34 flights)
  • Thu88%(34 flights)
  • Fri71%(34 flights)
  • Sat88%(34 flights)
  • Sun79%(34 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(93 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM75%(107 flights)
  • 12–3 PM75%(28 flights)
  • 3–6 PM90%(10 flights)
On-time trend by month
94%
May

Oct 73% → May 94% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
October 202573%26
November 202580%30
December 202568%31
January 202684%31
February 202664%28
March 202684%31
April 202690%30
May 202694%31

Based on 238 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.