Flights Miami → Los Angeles
MIA → LAX
Route overview
The flight route from Miami to Los Angeles operates with a high frequency of 798 flights annually, using various Boeing aircraft models including the 777, 767-300, 757, and 737-800. With an on-time performance rate of 72%, these flights experience an average delay of 19.1 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in the world, which handled nearly 76.6 million passengers per year as of the latest data available.
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 Miami (MIA) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines. Across 1159 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 20 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.35%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.4/100 (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 Miami the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Miami (MIA) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads north-west for about 3,763 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 7m.
Departures from Miami on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 44% of MIA-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Miami the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Los Angeles it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,159 tracked MIA-LAX flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 20 min and a 0.3% 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% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about MIA-LAX
On the Miami (MIA) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 20 minutes, based on 1159 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Miami-Los Angeles is 0.35% across 1159 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, 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.
