Flights Los Angeles → San Luis Obispo
LAX → SBP
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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) → San Luis Obispo (SBP) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 182 flights monitored in recent months, 91% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.10%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 13.1/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Luis Obispo the average ATFM delay is 3.1 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Luis Obispo: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Los Angeles (LAX) to San Luis Obispo (SBP) heads north-west for about 250 km, a flight time of roughly 44m.
Departures from Los Angeles on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 63% of LAX-SBP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Luis Obispo it is 3.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 182 tracked LAX-SBP flights, 91% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 1.1% 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% |
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On the Los Angeles (LAX) -> San Luis Obispo (SBP) route, on-time performance is 91% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 182 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Los Angeles-San Luis Obispo is 1.10% across 182 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: 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.
