American Airlines in January 2024

69.3%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 January 2024, American Airlines (AA) reported 77,346 scheduled domestic flights. 69.3% arrived on time, 1.6% were cancelled and 0.3% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 72.9% on time and 3.7% 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 46%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 69.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.8%
Cancelled 1.6%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by American Airlines in January 2024.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	AA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Jan 2024
Arrived on time	69.3%	—	72.7%	72.9%
Departed on time	71.7%	—	72.0%	74.0%
Cancelled	1.6%	—	2.2%	3.7%
Average arrival delay	19.2 min	—	13.3 min	10.4 min
Scheduled flights a day	2,578	—	2,706	18,242
Scheduled flights	77,346	—	987,645	547,271

123 airports and 870 routes had AA flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	13,020	63.4%	22.0 min	1.9%
CLT Charlotte	9,962	69.7%	15.5 min	1.1%
MIA Miami	5,284	63.6%	20.9 min	1.2%
PHX Phoenix	4,621	74.8%	13.6 min	0.7%
ORD Chicago	3,686	61.8%	23.1 min	2.0%
PHL Philadelphia	3,078	70.3%	18.1 min	1.9%
LAX Los Angeles	2,421	77.9%	12.2 min	0.5%
DCA Washington	2,100	72.9%	12.0 min	3.2%
MCO Orlando	1,579	71.2%	21.5 min	1.3%
LGA New York	1,368	73.5%	9.3 min	3.7%
JFK New York	1,291	80.9%	-1.3 min	0.9%
BOS Boston	1,248	76.4%	12.6 min	2.2%
AUS Austin	1,198	70.5%	27.0 min	1.4%
TPA Tampa	1,112	74.7%	15.5 min	1.3%
LAS Las Vegas	1,054	75.4%	15.9 min	1.3%

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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.5%	32.6%	610,041
Late-arriving aircraft	45.9%	39.0%	889,904
National Aviation System	14.6%	17.9%	283,506
Extreme weather	7.7%	10.3%	149,704
Security	0.3%	0.2%	6,127

1,939,282 delay minutes on 22,292 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 January 2024?

69.3% of 77,346 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 72.9% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for American Airlines · methodology · corrections.