American Airlines in November 2023

84.8%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 November 2023, American Airlines (AA) reported 76,407 scheduled domestic flights. 84.8% arrived on time, 0.0% were cancelled and 0.1% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 86.2% on time and 0.1% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 1.4 points below the combined figure.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 41% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 84.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.1%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	AA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Nov 2023
Arrived on time	84.8%	—	72.7%	86.2%
Departed on time	85.8%	—	72.0%	86.0%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.2%	0.1%
Average arrival delay	2.1 min	—	13.3 min	-1.3 min
Scheduled flights a day	2,547	—	2,706	18,793
Scheduled flights	76,407	—	987,645	563,777

123 airports and 865 routes had AA flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	13,250	83.7%	0.8 min	0.0%
CLT Charlotte	9,930	83.2%	2.9 min	0.0%
MIA Miami	4,543	81.3%	5.0 min	0.0%
PHX Phoenix	4,499	86.8%	-2.1 min	0.0%
ORD Chicago	3,553	85.7%	-0.1 min	0.0%
PHL Philadelphia	3,271	85.1%	0.1 min	0.0%
LAX Los Angeles	2,289	87.1%	-2.0 min	0.0%
DCA Washington	2,166	86.4%	-2.5 min	0.0%
LGA New York	1,533	87.9%	-6.5 min	0.0%
MCO Orlando	1,488	84.4%	5.0 min	0.0%
BOS Boston	1,294	87.4%	-0.9 min	0.0%
AUS Austin	1,231	81.2%	10.7 min	0.0%
JFK New York	1,180	88.7%	-9.2 min	0.0%
LAS Las Vegas	1,138	84.7%	4.5 min	0.1%
TPA Tampa	1,002	86.4%	4.1 min	0.1%

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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	45.0%	42.5%	364,933
Late-arriving aircraft	40.5%	37.3%	328,179
National Aviation System	12.6%	16.2%	102,373
Extreme weather	1.5%	3.7%	12,255
Security	0.3%	0.3%	2,725

810,465 delay minutes on 11,533 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 November 2023?

84.8% of 76,407 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 86.2% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.