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When is Los Angeles security busiest? 7 to 10 every morning.

Calmest around 4 pm. Choose any hour on the board.

People screened per hour at LAX checkpoints, by weekday and hour; choose a cell to read it
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Friday, 8 am

7,200

people screened, 8-week average.

Which checkpoint is busiest? Terminal 3 and TBIT Main.

Terminal 3 peaks at 8 am, TBIT Main at 9 pm.

Security counts,

LAX checkpoints with their busiest hour and people screened a day
CheckpointBusiest hourA day
Terminal 1
Terminal 110 am7,400
Terminal 1.5
Terminal 1.5 – Passenger10 pm8,100
Terminal 3
Terminal 38 am18,500
Terminal 3 - Delta One6 am500
Terminal 4
Terminal 48 am12,000
Terminal 4 - FIS3 pm2,500
Terminal 4A
Terminal 4A7 am2,300
Terminal 6
Terminal 66 am8,800
Terminal 7
Terminal 77 am14,000
TBIT
TBIT Main9 pm18,300
TBIT MSC11 am600

Which departures leave on time? Leave in the morning.

5 am: 93% left on time. 3 pm: 72%.

Flight records,

Share of LAX departures leaving less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour
DepartsBarLeft on time
12 am79%
5 am93%
6 am91%
7 am88%
8 am85%
9 am82%
10 am78%
11 am76%
12 pm74%
1 pm74%
2 pm74%
3 pm72%
4 pm77%
5 pm74%
6 pm73%
7 pm76%
8 pm72%
9 pm75%
10 pm77%
11 pm76%

Which airline runs on time here? United and Delta lead.

Delta flies 26% of LAX departures and landed on time 82% of the time.

Flight records,

  1. United 41,841 flights, 0.6% cancelled 83%
  2. Delta 49,582 flights, 1.0% cancelled 82%
  3. Alaska 16,781 flights, 1.2% cancelled 80%
  4. American 43,377 flights, 1.1% cancelled 76%
  5. JetBlue 7,733 flights, 2.7% cancelled 73%
  6. Frontier 5,699 flights, 1.7% cancelled 72%
  7. Southwest 25,511 flights, 0.5% cancelled 72%

Not ranked, under ten flights a day: Allegiant 81% of 53, Spirit 74% of 2,730, Hawaiian 73% of 643.

Where do LAX flights land late? San Francisco, Dallas Fort Worth, Chicago.

Lowest on-time rates of the 8 busiest.

Flight records,

ToFlightsOn time
SFO San Francisco12,10460%
JFK New York10,28975%
LAS Las Vegas8,72975%
DEN Denver7,70981%
PHX Phoenix7,62380%
SEA Seattle7,54484%
ORD Chicago7,11974%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth6,17873%

Every route from LAX

102 destinations with flights in the last twelve months.