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American Airlines JFK to CLT on-time performance

American Airlines nonstop flights from New York to Charlotte · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
80%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.1%
56 flights
Avg arrival delay
21 min
101 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 81% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on JFK to CLT arrived on time 80% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 3.1% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 81% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (43%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 75.0% on time, 3.9% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 81.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 83.9% on time, 1.1% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 74.5% on time, 1.1% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 86.1% on time, 0.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 68.1% on time, 1.4% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 85.9% on time, 11.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 77.7% on time, 11.7% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 81.4% on time, 2.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 85.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 87.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 77.2% on time, 0.7% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 74.3% on time, 6.5% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft43%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)39%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion12%
  • Extreme weather6%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on JFK to CLT

1,833 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 56 cancelled, 5 diverted.

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.