American Airlines on-time performance
1,258 routes · 135 airports · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
75%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.2%
21,700 flights
Avg arrival delay
23 min
85 min when late
US airline rank
#9 of 14
by on-time arrival
Key facts
- American Airlines flights arrived on time 75% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
- 2.2% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #9 of 14 US airlines for on-time arrivals.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (47%).
Monthly trend
American Airlines's most delayed routes
American Airlines's most reliable routes
American Airlines at its biggest airports
Departures operated by this airline at each airport.
| Airport | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Departures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFW Dallas/Fort Worth | 66% | 3.0% | 26 min | 164,705 |
| CLT Charlotte | 76% | 1.7% | 18 min | 113,873 |
| MIA Miami | 72% | 1.5% | 21 min | 64,171 |
| ORD Chicago | 67% | 2.6% | 28 min | 60,898 |
| PHX Phoenix | 79% | 1.1% | 16 min | 56,671 |
| PHL Philadelphia | 76% | 2.2% | 20 min | 46,717 |
| LAX Los Angeles | 76% | 1.3% | 22 min | 29,882 |
| DCA Washington | 75% | 2.5% | 22 min | 27,795 |
| MCO Orlando | 74% | 1.9% | 24 min | 19,605 |
| BOS Boston | 79% | 2.6% | 20 min | 17,113 |
| LGA New York | 72% | 4.0% | 27 min | 16,892 |
| JFK New York | 79% | 2.8% | 21 min | 15,030 |
| LAS Las Vegas | 81% | 1.8% | 19 min | 14,083 |
| TPA Tampa | 78% | 2.0% | 22 min | 13,875 |
| SFO San Francisco | 77% | 1.9% | 24 min | 11,902 |
Why flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft47%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)34%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion14%
- Extreme weather6%
- Security0%
Why flights were cancelled
- Extreme weather84%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)10%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion6%
- Security0%
Busiest American Airlines routes
- DFW → PHX 72%
- PHX → DFW 80%
- DFW → LAX 69%
- LAX → DFW 73%
- MIA → DFW 74%
- DFW → MIA 68%
- DFW → LGA 64%
- LGA → DFW 72%
- DFW → ORD 66%
- ORD → DFW 69%
- LAS → DFW 81%
- DFW → LAS 67%
- CLT → MCO 71%
- MCO → CLT 79%
- DFW → MCO 61%
- MCO → DFW 73%
- CLT → DFW 78%
- DFW → CLT 74%
- AUS → DFW 74%
- DFW → AUS 65%
- MIA → LGA 66%
- LGA → MIA 71%
- MIA → DCA 75%
- DCA → MIA 78%
- DFW → SAT 64%
- SAT → DFW 78%
- DCA → DFW 78%
- DFW → DCA 73%
- LAX → JFK 76%
- JFK → LAX 80%
- MIA → CLT 78%
- CLT → MIA 78%
- DFW → SAN 64%
- SAN → DFW 77%
- PHL → DFW 79%
- DFW → PHL 70%
- DFW → BNA 66%
- BNA → DFW 76%
- SFO → DFW 73%
- DFW → SFO 58%
- ORD → CLT 75%
- CLT → ORD 72%
- ORD → LAX 69%
- LAX → ORD 73%
- CLT → RDU 78%
- RDU → CLT 82%
- MIA → ORD 72%
- ORD → MIA 76%
- PHX → ORD 79%
- ORD → PHX 71%
- MIA → MCO 70%
- MCO → MIA 75%
- ORD → PHL 72%
- PHL → ORD 74%
- ORD → LGA 65%
- LGA → ORD 69%
- DEN → DFW 74%
- DFW → DEN 62%
- TPA → CLT 84%
- CLT → TPA 76%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.