RNO to LAX flight delays
Reno, NV (RNO) Los Angeles, CA (LAX) · 390 miles
215 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
84.65%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
54 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
9 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from RNO overall run 10.8 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion RNO has, this route is largely escaping it.
Only SkyWest Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
This is a thin route — 215 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Flights from Reno 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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on RNO to LAX.
Every airline on RNO 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 | 162 | 87.04% | 0% | 66 min | A |
| United Airlines | 36 | 94.44% | 0% | 42 min | — |
| Southwest Airlines | 17 | 41.18% | 0% | 31 min | — |
The return leg
LAX to RNO Los Angeles back to Reno 88.84% on time ACommon questions
Are flights from Reno to Los Angeles usually delayed?
84.65% of flights on the RNO to LAX route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Reno to Los Angeles?
Only SkyWest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 162 flights and 87.04% arriving on time.
How often are RNO to LAX flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When RNO to LAX flights are late, how late are they?
About 54 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 RNO to LAX during March 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 →