Historical on-time performance
Los Angeles to Buffalo
2,218 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on LAX–BUF arrive on time 70% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate70%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay75 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.8%of scheduled flights
based on 123 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- JetBlue AirwaysOn-time70%Medianon timep9075 minCancel0.8%Flights123
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline32%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)3%
- Late aircraft65%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly LAX → BUF
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 55% to 82% on time.
- Tuesdays82% on time · p90 20 min · 77 flights · limited
- Wednesdays69% on time · p90 45 min · 78 flights · limited
- Mondays67% on time · p90 55 min · 84 flights · limited
- Thursdays67% on time · p90 55 min · 81 flights · limited
- Fridays65% on time · p90 105 min · 84 flights · limited
- Saturdays62% on time · p90 70 min · 84 flights · limited
- Sundays55% on time · p90 85 min · 84 flights · limited
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