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Route Reliability

Palm Springs → Los Angeles

PSP–LAX · 110 miles · Palm Springs International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport

91
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
422
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • United Airlines85% on time · 414 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.

PSP–LAX flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 77% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

PSP–LAX flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Wednesdays. On Mondays: 80%.

Ticking up lately.

PSP–LAX flights arrived on time 88% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(65 flights)
  • Tue88%(49 flights)
  • Wed91%(56 flights)
  • Thu85%(65 flights)
  • Fri80%(66 flights)
  • Sat89%(54 flights)
  • Sun85%(65 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(261 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(4 flights)
  • 12–3 PM100%(20 flights)
  • 3–6 PM87%(30 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(103 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(2 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Aug 85% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
August 202585%13
September 202593%30
October 202574%35
November 202582%49
December 202577%51
January 202686%51
February 202692%47
March 202689%53
April 202685%60
May 202690%31

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Based on 422 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.