FAT to LAX flight delays
Fresno, CA (FAT) Los Angeles, CA (LAX) · 209 miles
979 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
86.45%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.51%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
69 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
10 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Flights from Fresno to Los Angeles keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
The 2 airlines here are separated by under 2 points — close enough to call a tie. Choose on price and departure time.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, United Airlines arrived on time most often on FAT to LAX. SkyWest Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in June.
Every airline on FAT to LAX
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 841 | 86.24% | 0.59% | 72 min | B |
| United Airlines | 138 | 87.68% | 0% | 47 min | A |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
LAX to FAT Los Angeles back to Fresno 86.82% on time ACommon questions
Are flights from Fresno to Los Angeles usually delayed?
86.45% of flights on the FAT to LAX route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Fresno to Los Angeles?
United Airlines, at 87.68% on time across 138 flights. The least punctual on the route was SkyWest Airlines at 86.24%.
How often are FAT to LAX flights cancelled?
0.51% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 5 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Fresno to Los Angeles?
September, when 94.1% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 79.5%.
When FAT to LAX flights are late, how late are they?
About 69 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on FAT to LAX during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →