Flights Rome → Los Angeles
FCO → LAX
Route overview
This flight route connects Rome to Los Angeles, operating with a Boeing 777-200 aircraft. With an on-time performance rate of 69%, the flights experience an average delay of 19.8 minutes. The origin airport in Rome has been open since 1947 and serves this high-demand route to one of the busiest airports in the world, Los Angeles International Airport, which handles nearly seventy-six million passengers annually.
The Rome (FCO) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by ITA Airways, Delta Air Lines. Across 15 flights monitored in recent months, 69% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 20 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.8/100 (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 Rome the average ATFM delay is 2.4 minutes.
Heading to Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Rome (FCO) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads north-west for about 10,203 km, a flight time of roughly 13h 10m.
Departures from Rome on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 100% of FCO-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Rome the average ATFM delay is 2.4 min (atfm); arriving into Los Angeles it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 15 tracked FCO-LAX flights, 69% left on time with an average delay of 20 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| ITA Airways (AZ) | 59% | 35 min | 4.9% |
Airlines operating FCO-LAX
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Frequently asked questions about FCO-LAX
On the Rome (FCO) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 69% with an average delay of 20 minutes, based on 15 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Rome-Los Angeles is 0.00% across 15 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: ITA Airways, Delta Air Lines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Los Angeles, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
The Rome-Los Angeles route is about 10,203 km: for a cancellation (with less than 14 days' notice), a delay over 3 hours, or denied boarding, EU261 compensation is €600, barring extraordinary circumstances.
