American Airlines in October 2023

82.7%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 October 2023, American Airlines (AA) reported 81,344 scheduled domestic flights. 82.7% arrived on time, 0.5% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 84.0% on time and 0.4% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 1.3 points below the combined figure.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 82.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.6%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	AA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Oct 2023
Arrived on time	82.7%	—	72.7%	84.0%
Departed on time	83.2%	—	72.0%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	2.2%	0.4%
Average arrival delay	4.6 min	—	13.3 min	1.2 min
Scheduled flights a day	2,712	—	2,706	19,966
Scheduled flights	81,344	—	987,645	598,968

127 airports and 875 routes had AA flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	14,113	78.8%	6.1 min	1.5%
CLT Charlotte	10,406	82.4%	4.6 min	0.0%
PHX Phoenix	4,543	83.8%	1.9 min	0.2%
MIA Miami	4,323	83.5%	1.7 min	0.0%
PHL Philadelphia	4,092	85.1%	1.7 min	0.0%
ORD Chicago	3,960	83.4%	2.1 min	0.2%
LAX Los Angeles	2,520	87.1%	-3.0 min	0.3%
DCA Washington	2,454	82.5%	0.0 min	0.2%
LGA New York	1,523	83.8%	1.8 min	0.2%
MCO Orlando	1,516	85.9%	4.2 min	0.2%
AUS Austin	1,334	79.4%	11.2 min	0.3%
BOS Boston	1,334	83.4%	2.9 min	0.2%
LAS Las Vegas	1,276	81.5%	3.4 min	0.6%
JFK New York	1,192	85.6%	-6.2 min	0.0%
RDU Raleigh/Durham	1,009	82.9%	7.4 min	0.3%

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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	38.4%	41.3%	405,969
Late-arriving aircraft	46.6%	40.5%	492,496
National Aviation System	11.6%	14.4%	122,544
Extreme weather	3.2%	3.7%	34,140
Security	0.2%	0.2%	2,417

1,057,566 delay minutes on 13,521 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 October 2023?

82.7% of 81,344 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 84.0% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.