American Airlines in September 2023

78.6%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 September 2023, American Airlines (AA) reported 76,972 scheduled domestic flights. 78.6% arrived on time, 0.8% were cancelled and 0.3% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 80.1% on time and 1.2% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 1.5 points below the combined figure.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 78.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.2%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	AA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Sep 2023
Arrived on time	78.6%	—	72.7%	80.1%
Departed on time	79.6%	—	72.0%	80.5%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	2.2%	1.2%
Average arrival delay	8.6 min	—	13.3 min	5.4 min
Scheduled flights a day	2,566	—	2,706	18,978
Scheduled flights	76,972	—	987,645	569,338

126 airports and 857 routes had AA flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	13,264	75.2%	9.7 min	0.5%
CLT Charlotte	9,445	75.7%	10.9 min	0.6%
PHX Phoenix	4,305	84.5%	1.4 min	0.3%
PHL Philadelphia	4,081	75.3%	10.5 min	1.9%
MIA Miami	4,049	69.6%	17.2 min	0.8%
ORD Chicago	3,910	78.3%	9.3 min	0.6%
DCA Washington	2,423	77.5%	7.1 min	2.1%
LAX Los Angeles	2,363	85.3%	-2.7 min	0.5%
LGA New York	1,521	74.7%	9.2 min	3.5%
MCO Orlando	1,380	76.9%	16.2 min	1.3%
BOS Boston	1,308	76.8%	6.5 min	1.6%
AUS Austin	1,268	80.8%	12.8 min	0.7%
JFK New York	1,219	78.4%	5.2 min	2.0%
LAS Las Vegas	1,150	81.7%	2.6 min	0.4%
RDU Raleigh/Durham	954	79.0%	14.1 min	1.4%

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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	35.4%	36.4%	462,599
Late-arriving aircraft	45.1%	38.3%	589,307
National Aviation System	14.6%	19.9%	190,528
Extreme weather	4.7%	5.1%	60,740
Security	0.2%	0.2%	2,367

1,305,541 delay minutes on 15,570 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 September 2023?

78.6% of 76,972 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 80.1% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.