OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Los Angeles to Fresno

209 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on LAX–FAT arrive on time 88% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate88%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay15 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.5%of scheduled flights

based on 963 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.

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time88%
    Medianon time
    p9015 min
    Cancel0.6%
    Flights872
  • United Airlines
    On-time87%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights91

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline26%
  • Weather19%
  • Air traffic (NAS)14%
  • Late aircraft42%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

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 LAX → FAT

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 81% to 91% on time.

  • Middays91% on time · p90 10 min · 606 flights
  • Mornings89% on time · p90 15 min · 181 flights · limited
  • Evenings87% on time · p90 20 min · 640 flights
  • Afternoons86% on time · p90 20 min · 556 flights
  • Overnights81% on time · p90 40 min · 498 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 84% to 90% on time.

  • Tuesdays90% on time · p90 10 min · 361 flights
  • Wednesdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 359 flights
  • Mondays88% on time · p90 20 min · 363 flights
  • Fridays86% on time · p90 20 min · 361 flights
  • Thursdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 363 flights
  • Sundays84% on time · p90 30 min · 364 flights
  • Saturdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 310 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.