Flights Los Angeles → Memphis
LAX → MEM
Route overview
This flight route operates between Los Angeles and Memphis, utilizing Airbus A320 aircraft. With a total of 62 flights recorded, the route has an on-time performance rate of 71%, with an average delay time of 15.8 minutes. The origin airport in Los Angeles, which opened in 1926, connects to one of the busiest airports in the United States by passenger traffic, serving over 4.3 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) → Memphis (MEM) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 108 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.93%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Memphis 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 Memphis: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Los Angeles (LAX) to Memphis (MEM) heads east for about 2,600 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 40m.
Departures from Los Angeles on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 84% of LAX-MEM flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Memphis it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 108 tracked LAX-MEM flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 0.9% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about LAX-MEM
On the Los Angeles (LAX) -> Memphis (MEM) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 108 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Los Angeles-Memphis is 0.93% across 108 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
