Flights Palm Springs → Los Angeles
PSP → LAX
Route overview
This flight route connects Palm Springs to Los Angeles, operating with an average on-time performance of 88%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of just 5.2 minutes. The route sees around 160 total flights per year and utilizes aircraft such as the Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia and Canadair Regional Jet 700, serving Los Angeles International Airport, which has been in operation since 1926 and currently handles over 76.5 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 Palm Springs (PSP) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 192 flights monitored in recent months, 89% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 5 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.5/100 (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 Palm Springs the average ATFM delay is 3.9 minutes.
Heading to Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Palm Springs (PSP) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads west for about 176 km, a flight time of roughly 38m.
Departures from Palm Springs on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 57% of PSP-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Palm Springs the average ATFM delay is 3.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Los Angeles it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 192 tracked PSP-LAX flights, 89% left on time with an average delay of 5 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about PSP-LAX
On the Palm Springs (PSP) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 89% with an average delay of 5 minutes, based on 192 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Palm Springs-Los Angeles is 0.00% across 192 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.
