Airline on-time performance
American Airlines
Data through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS
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On-time rate72%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.3%of scheduled flights
based on 985,252 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
Arrival performance
How this airline's flights land
System-wide arrival outcomes across every route this carrier flies.
72%of this carrier's flights arrived on time
(within 15 min of schedule)
(within 15 min of schedule)
- On time72%
- 15–59 min late15%
- 1–2 hr late6%
- 2 hr+ late4%
- Cancelled or diverted3%
Arrival outcomes for this carrier's flights. Last segment = cancelled or diverted (diverted flights are not separately tracked for carriers).
Bad day: 1 in 10 flights arrives more than 60 min late.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When flights don't go
Why flights were cancelled
- Airline9%
- Weather85%
- Air traffic (NAS)6%
- Security0%
Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 22,428 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).
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Carrier lineage
Trans World Airlines
TWA merged into American
Carrier lineage
US Airways
US Airways merged into American
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