Los Angeles Airport (LAX) delays today: 68% of the 31 flights we have timed operated within 15 minutes of schedule. Departures are running +10 min, across 253 flights tracked so far today. No cancellations have been recorded. The busiest departure hour on today's board is 18:00 local, with 37 flights scheduled to leave. The most-served destination today is New York (JFK), with 12 departures on the board. Source: official airport boards, METAR weather, Pro Flight Search tracking. Updated 7 September 2026 at 09:06 UTC.
typical departure delay right now
Departures +10 min, arrivals 24 min early. No cancellations across 33 tracked flights.
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Board fetched 42m ago · how we report
Scheduled departures per 15 minutes. The tallest banks are where queues form.
Delay at the destination often ripples back into departure holds here.
Destinations on the current board, busiest first. 103 airports are served in this departures window.
The busiest departure hour on today's board is 18:00 local, with 37 flights scheduled to leave.
Every board update is stored, including the revisions. The first delay this board admits understates the median outcome. Posted vs. actual across every hub: the slippage study →
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Los Angeles Airport (LAX) delays today: 68% of the 31 flights we have timed operated within 15 minutes of schedule. Departures are running +10 min, across 253 flights tracked so far today. No cancellations have been recorded.
No cancellations are showing across the 253 flights currently on the board.
The busiest departure hour on today's board is 18:00 local, with 37 flights scheduled to leave.
The busiest destinations on the current board are New York (JFK), San Francisco (SFO), Chicago (ORD), Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), Seattle (SEA). In total 103 airports are served in this window.
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