Flights Fresno → Los Angeles
FAT → LAX
Route overview
This flight route connects Fresno to Los Angeles, featuring a high on-time performance rate of 92%, with an average delay of just 3.1 minutes per flight. Operating the route are Canadair Regional Jet 700 and Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia aircraft, serving one of the busiest airports in the United States, which opened in 1926 and currently handles over seventy-six million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Fresno (FAT) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, United Airlines. Across 250 flights monitored in recent months, 92% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 3 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.3/100 (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 Fresno the average ATFM delay is 2.6 minutes.
Heading to Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fresno (FAT) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads south for about 337 km, a flight time of roughly 50m.
Departures from Fresno on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 59% of FAT-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fresno the average ATFM delay is 2.6 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Los Angeles it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 250 tracked FAT-LAX flights, 92% left on time with an average delay of 3 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about FAT-LAX
On the Fresno (FAT) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 92% with an average delay of 3 minutes, based on 250 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fresno-Los Angeles is 0.00% across 250 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, United Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
