OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Fresno to Los Angeles

209 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on FAT–LAX arrive on time 87% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate87%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay15 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.5%of scheduled flights

based on 965 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • United Airlines
    On-time92%
    Medianon time
    p9010 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights91
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time86%
    Medianon time
    p9015 min
    Cancel0.6%
    Flights874

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline47%
  • Weather18%
  • Air traffic (NAS)13%
  • Late aircraft22%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather40%
  • Air traffic (NAS)60%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS). Shares are among 5 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly FAT → LAX

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 87% to 89% on time.

  • Afternoons89% on time · p90 15 min · 416 flights
  • Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 1,131 flights
  • Evenings87% on time · p90 20 min · 561 flights
  • Middays87% on time · p90 20 min · 379 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 86% to 90% on time.

  • Tuesdays90% on time · p90 10 min · 362 flights
  • Wednesdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 359 flights
  • Saturdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 315 flights
  • Thursdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 363 flights
  • Sundays87% on time · p90 15 min · 356 flights
  • Fridays87% on time · p90 20 min · 364 flights
  • Mondays86% on time · p90 20 min · 368 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.