Flights Frankfurt → Los Angeles
FRA → LAX
Route overview
The flight route from Frankfurt to Los Angeles has a low on-time performance rate of only 25%, with an average delay of 37.4 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been a total of 14 flights on this route, landing at Los Angeles International Airport, which opened in 1926 and currently handles over 76 million passengers annually.
The Frankfurt (FRA) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by Lufthansa Cargo, United Airlines. Across 14 flights monitored in recent months, 25% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 37 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Frankfurt the average ATFM delay is 2.1 minutes.
Heading to Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Frankfurt (FRA) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads north-west for about 9,322 km, a flight time of roughly 12h 4m.
Departures from Frankfurt on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 100% of FRA-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Frankfurt the average ATFM delay is 2.1 min (atfm); arriving into Los Angeles it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 14 tracked FRA-LAX flights, 25% left on time with an average delay of 37 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lufthansa Cargo (LH) | 76% | 15 min | 7.1% |
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
Airlines operating FRA-LAX
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Frequently asked questions about FRA-LAX
On the Frankfurt (FRA) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 25% with an average delay of 37 minutes, based on 14 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Frankfurt-Los Angeles is 0.00% across 14 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Lufthansa Cargo, United Airlines.
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The Frankfurt-Los Angeles route is about 9,322 km: for a cancellation (with less than 14 days' notice), a delay over 3 hours, or denied boarding, EU261 compensation is €600, barring extraordinary circumstances.
