Flights San Luis Obispo → Los Angeles
SBP → 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 San Luis Obispo (SBP) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 182 flights monitored in recent months, 96% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 3 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.10%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.9/100 (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 San Luis Obispo the average ATFM delay is 3.1 minutes.
Heading to Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Luis Obispo (SBP) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads south-east for about 250 km, a flight time of roughly 44m.
Departures from San Luis Obispo on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 66% of SBP-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Luis Obispo the average ATFM delay is 3.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Los Angeles it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 182 tracked SBP-LAX flights, 96% left on time with an average delay of 3 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 San Luis Obispo (SBP) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 96% with an average delay of 3 minutes, based on 182 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Luis Obispo-Los Angeles 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.
