American Airlines (AA) on-time performance

Of 119,630 sampled AA departures, 67.2% left 15 minutes or more behind schedule. Average lateness was 39.3 minutes. Sample window: Oct 16, 2025 to Oct 16, 2026. Its published schedule has about 440 flights a week on 31 routes.

These are historical aggregates, not live status. A departure is late at 15 minutes past schedule.

On-time performance by month

Month Departures sampled Late Average lateness
Nov 2025 2,420 71.7% 38.8 min
Dec 2025 5,070 75.3% 41.6 min
Jan 2026 18,134 62.2% 33.0 min
Feb 2026 1,837 58.6% 31.5 min
Mar 2026 51,831 68.0% 43.2 min
Apr 2026 2,058 64.9% 27.3 min
May 2026 15,864 61.6% 31.7 min
Jun 2026 3,227 71.6% 37.0 min
Jul 2026 5,289 76.7% 50.9 min
Aug 2026 4,917 68.0% 39.0 min
Sep 2026 5,220 70.9% 40.3 min
Oct 2026 3,061 73.4% 42.7 min

On-time performance by airport

Departure airport Departures sampled Late Average lateness
New York (LGA) 14,253 69.1% 36.1 min
Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW) 13,617 71.9% 39.7 min
Charlotte Douglas (CLT) 13,405 68.4% 34.6 min
John F Kennedy International (JFK) 11,258 79.8% 44.7 min
Los Angeles International (LAX) 10,861 60.0% 36.9 min
Miami International Airport (MIA) 6,856 77.5% 44.8 min
Philadelphia International (PHL) 5,178 59.3% 35.8 min
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) 4,949 75.6% 50.0 min
Chicago O'hare International (ORD) 4,764 82.5% 53.6 min
Phoenix (PHX) 3,079 48.0% 29.0 min

Busiest routes

Fleet by aircraft type

30 active registered aircraft.

Aircraft type Aircraft
Boeing 737 NG 13
Embraer EMB-190/EMB- 7
Airbus A318/A319/A32 6
Boeing 777 3
Boeing 757 1

The AA flights that are late right now

GET /flight_delays filtered by airline_iata=AA returns the flights delayed at this moment: flight number, scheduled and actual times and minutes of delay.

https://www.goflightlabs.com/flight_delays?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY&delay=15&type=departures&airline_iata=AA

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