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DL 1559 on time

Delta Air Lines 1559: Los Angeles to San Francisco at 4:00 p.m.; San Francisco to Los Angeles at 6:28 p.m. (past 12 months). Figures below the title are for LAX → SFO, its busiest leg

On time
65%
347 flights · likely 60–70%
Cancelled
0.9%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
+3 min
median vs schedule
When late
+55 min
average delay
Similar flights
69%
DL, same route & hour

About 1 in 3 DL 1559 flights from Los Angeles arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (35%); 0.9% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 3 minutes late.

DL 1559: LAX → SFO

Scheduled to leave Los Angeles at 4:00 p.m. local time. Over the past year it arrived on time 65% of the time (347 flights), worse than other DL flights on the route at that hour (69%). Last seen in the data Aug 30, 2026.

Month by month

30%65%100%Sep 2025: 83% on time (30 flights)83SepOct 2025: 61% on time (31 flights)61OctNov 2025: 73% on time (30 flights)73NovDec 2025: 63% on time (19 flights)63DecJan 2026: 93% on time (27 flights)93JanFeb 2026: 64% on time (28 flights)64FebMar 2026: 84% on time (31 flights)84MarApr 2026: 43% on time (30 flights)43AprMay 2026: 52% on time (31 flights)52MayJun 2026: 63% on time (30 flights)63JunJul 2026: 50% on time (30 flights)50JulAug 2026: 53% on time (30 flights)53Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday5066%
Tuesday5064%
Wednesday5072%
Thursday5056%
Friday5066%
Saturday4871%
Sunday4961%

Why it was late

Air traffic & airport (NAS) 41%Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 31%Late inbound plane 23%Severe weather 6%

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DL 1559: SFO → LAX

Scheduled to leave San Francisco at 6:28 p.m. local time. Over the past year it arrived on time 60% of the time (197 flights), worse than other DL flights on the route at that hour (73%). Last seen in the data Aug 30, 2026.

Usually Delta Air Lines's last flight of the day from San Francisco to Los Angeles (56% of days). Delta Air Lines's last SFO–LAX flight was cancelled 0.8% of the time, against 1.7% for its earlier ones. If it's cancelled, the next Delta Air Lines flight is usually around 7:00 a.m. the next morning.

Month by month

20%60%100%May 2025: too few flights (6 flights)MayJun 2025: 78% on time (23 flights)78JunJul 2025: 87% on time (30 flights)87JulAug 2025: too few flights (10 flights)AugJan 2026: too few flights (13 flights)JanFeb 2026: 63% on time (27 flights)63FebMar 2026: 90% on time (31 flights)90MarApr 2026: 43% on time (30 flights)43AprMay 2026: 58% on time (26 flights)58MayJun 2026: 54% on time (26 flights)54JunJul 2026: 52% on time (27 flights)52JulAug 2026: 29% on time (17 flights)29Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday3256%
Tuesday2864%
Wednesday2868%
Thursday3256%
Friday3266%
Saturday15—
Sunday3050%

Why it was late

Late inbound plane 49%Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 39%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 12%

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Questions

How often is DL 1559 from LAX to SFO late?

Delta Air Lines 1559 from Los Angeles, CA to San Francisco, CA arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 35% of 347 scheduled flights between September 2025 and August 2026. 0.9% were cancelled.

How often is DL 1559 from SFO to LAX late?

Delta Air Lines 1559 from San Francisco, CA to Los Angeles, CA arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 40% of 197 scheduled flights between September 2025 and August 2026. 1.5% were cancelled.

Flight numbers change. Figures cover flights with this airline, number and route only. "Likely range" is the 95% interval for the true on-time rate given the number of flights. This is history, not live status: check Delta Air Lines for today's flight. Method.