Flights Santa Rosa → Los Angeles
STS → LAX
Route overview
This flight route operates from Santa Rosa to Los Angeles with a high on-time performance rate of 90%, and an average delay time of just 3.3 minutes. The aircraft used for this route is the De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q, flying to a destination airport that has been in operation since 1926 and currently serves over seventy-six 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 Santa Rosa (STS) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines. Across 217 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.46%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.6/100 (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 Santa Rosa the average ATFM delay is 2.1 minutes.
Heading to Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Santa Rosa (STS) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads south-east for about 643 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 13m.
Departures from Santa Rosa on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 53% of STS-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Santa Rosa the average ATFM delay is 2.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Los Angeles it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 217 tracked STS-LAX flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 0.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about STS-LAX
On the Santa Rosa (STS) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 217 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Santa Rosa-Los Angeles is 0.46% across 217 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska 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.
