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Route Reliability

St. Louis → Los Angeles

STLLAX · 1,592 miles · St. Louis Lambert International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
0.2%
Cancelled
1,029
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines76%675 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines75%354 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

STL–LAX flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 50% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Mondays have been rough.

STL–LAX flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Tuesdays and just 63% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

Not much between Southwest Airlines and American Airlines.

On this route they all land within 75% to 76% on time. Pick on schedule and price.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 1,029 scheduled flights, only 0.2% were cancelled.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon63%(158 flights)
  • Tue84%(134 flights)
  • Wed83%(131 flights)
  • Thu77%(153 flights)
  • Fri73%(161 flights)
  • Sat79%(133 flights)
  • Sun72%(156 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM94%(53 flights)
  • 6–9 AM80%(537 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(107 flights)
  • 12–3 PM71%(49 flights)
  • 3–6 PM56%(16 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(172 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM50%(92 flights)
On-time trend by month
76%
May

Jun 72% → May 76% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%89
July 202577%93
August 202584%92
September 202588%82
October 202567%96
November 202582%101
December 202571%103
January 202675%75
February 202677%73
March 202677%75
April 202657%72
May 202676%75

Based on 1,029 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.