Flights Kona → Los Angeles
KOA → LAX
Route overview
The flight route from Kona to Los Angeles has an on-time performance rate of 83%, with an average delay of 7.4 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen a total of 383 flights operated by Boeing 757 and Boeing 757-300 aircraft, serving one of the busiest airports in the United States, which opened in 1926 and currently handles nearly 76.6 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 Kona (KOA) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines. Across 515 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.33%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20/100 (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 Kona the average ATFM delay is 1.2 minutes.
Heading to Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kona (KOA) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads north-east for about 4,026 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 27m.
Departures from Kona on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 48% of KOA-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kona the average ATFM delay is 1.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Los Angeles it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 515 tracked KOA-LAX flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 2.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| 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 KOA-LAX
On the Kona (KOA) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 515 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kona-Los Angeles is 2.33% across 515 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 4 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, 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.
