Flights Monterey → Los Angeles
MRY → LAX
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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 Monterey (MRY) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, United Airlines. Across 256 flights monitored in recent months, 93% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of -1 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.4/100 (low), 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 Monterey the average ATFM delay is 2.9 minutes.
Heading to Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Monterey (MRY) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads south-east for about 429 km, a flight time of roughly 57m.
Departures from Monterey on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 47% of MRY-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Monterey the average ATFM delay is 2.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Los Angeles it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 256 tracked MRY-LAX flights, 93% left on time with an average delay of -1 min and a 0.0% 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% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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On the Monterey (MRY) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 93% with an average delay of -1 minutes, based on 256 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Monterey-Los Angeles is 0.00% across 256 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, 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.
