American Airlines in August 2023

73.3%arrived on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, American Airlines (AA) reported 85,157 scheduled domestic flights. 73.3% arrived on time, 1.4% were cancelled and 0.3% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 76.9% on time and 1.5% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 3.6 points below the combined figure.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 73.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.0%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by American Airlines in August 2023.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	AA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Aug 2023
Arrived on time	73.3%	—	72.7%	76.9%
Departed on time	72.8%	—	72.0%	76.7%
Cancelled	1.4%	—	2.2%	1.5%
Average arrival delay	17.7 min	—	13.3 min	8.4 min
Scheduled flights a day	2,839	—	2,706	20,100
Scheduled flights	85,157	—	987,645	602,987

128 airports and 898 routes had AA flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	14,948	68.6%	21.6 min	0.9%
CLT Charlotte	10,494	66.0%	23.3 min	2.1%
MIA Miami	4,604	65.2%	23.3 min	1.8%
PHX Phoenix	4,511	77.6%	13.0 min	0.6%
ORD Chicago	4,397	72.5%	18.2 min	1.3%
PHL Philadelphia	4,135	75.8%	10.5 min	1.4%
LAX Los Angeles	2,613	76.9%	14.7 min	0.7%
DCA Washington	2,525	76.0%	7.9 min	2.3%
MCO Orlando	1,559	70.3%	30.3 min	1.5%
LGA New York	1,558	76.4%	8.0 min	1.7%
BOS Boston	1,479	74.4%	13.0 min	1.1%
AUS Austin	1,378	82.0%	8.5 min	0.8%
JFK New York	1,222	80.9%	4.8 min	0.7%
LAS Las Vegas	1,220	74.1%	15.1 min	0.9%
TPA Tampa	1,030	69.4%	17.3 min	8.2%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of AA flights that arrived on time, by scheduled departure hour (local time at each origin), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	35.0%	36.7%	764,449
Late-arriving aircraft	52.4%	42.2%	1,142,854
National Aviation System	8.7%	15.7%	188,922
Extreme weather	3.8%	5.1%	82,747
Security	0.2%	0.2%	3,844

2,182,816 delay minutes on 21,278 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

What share of American Airlines flights were on time in August 2023?

73.3% of 85,157 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 76.9% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the carrier did not report that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for American Airlines · methodology · corrections.