American Airlines in December 2023

82.1%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 December 2023, American Airlines (AA) reported 75,408 scheduled domestic flights. 82.1% arrived on time, 0.0% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 83.8% on time and 0.4% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 1.7 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 40% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 82.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.7%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	AA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Dec 2023
Arrived on time	82.1%	—	72.7%	83.8%
Departed on time	83.3%	—	72.0%	83.1%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.2%	0.4%
Average arrival delay	4.1 min	—	13.3 min	0.5 min
Scheduled flights a day	2,514	—	2,706	19,013
Scheduled flights	75,408	—	987,645	570,394

125 airports and 880 routes had AA flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	13,203	81.4%	4.1 min	0.0%
CLT Charlotte	9,468	79.5%	5.2 min	0.1%
MIA Miami	4,867	74.5%	9.8 min	0.0%
PHX Phoenix	4,532	83.8%	2.2 min	0.0%
ORD Chicago	3,656	82.8%	2.2 min	0.0%
PHL Philadelphia	2,908	83.8%	-0.2 min	0.0%
LAX Los Angeles	2,369	81.7%	4.9 min	0.0%
DCA Washington	2,083	83.7%	-0.9 min	0.1%
MCO Orlando	1,554	80.8%	3.8 min	0.1%
LGA New York	1,315	85.9%	-6.1 min	0.2%
BOS Boston	1,268	85.6%	-3.0 min	0.3%
JFK New York	1,243	90.4%	-14.1 min	0.0%
AUS Austin	1,216	81.1%	5.4 min	0.0%
TPA Tampa	1,054	84.0%	8.3 min	0.0%
LAS Las Vegas	1,051	84.1%	5.8 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	40.1%	37.1%	370,219
Late-arriving aircraft	44.7%	38.8%	413,114
National Aviation System	13.6%	17.6%	125,154
Extreme weather	1.3%	6.2%	12,019
Security	0.3%	0.3%	3,057

923,563 delay minutes on 13,332 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 December 2023?

82.1% of 75,408 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 83.8% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.