Flights Los Angeles → Baltimore
LAX → BWI
Route overview
This flight route connects Los Angeles with Baltimore, featuring a mix of Boeing and Airbus aircraft models. With 397 flights recorded, the route has a 76% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 10.3 minutes when delays occur. The destination airport, which opened in 1947, handles over 22 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 Los Angeles (LAX) → Baltimore (BWI) route is operated by United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 518 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.09%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Baltimore: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Los Angeles (LAX) to Baltimore (BWI) heads east for about 3,740 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 6m.
Departures from Los Angeles on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 39% of LAX-BWI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Baltimore it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 518 tracked LAX-BWI flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 3.1% 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% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about LAX-BWI
On the Los Angeles (LAX) -> Baltimore (BWI) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 518 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Los Angeles-Baltimore is 3.09% across 518 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: United Airlines, Southwest 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.
