American Airlines in February 2024

81.0%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 February 2024, American Airlines (AA) reported 74,870 scheduled domestic flights. 81.0% arrived on time, 0.2% were cancelled and 0.1% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 83.4% on time and 0.6% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 2.4 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 38% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 81.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.7%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	AA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Feb 2024
Arrived on time	81.0%	—	72.7%	83.4%
Departed on time	82.6%	—	72.0%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	2.2%	0.6%
Average arrival delay	4.8 min	—	13.3 min	0.6 min
Scheduled flights a day	2,496	—	2,706	17,307
Scheduled flights	74,870	—	987,645	519,221

121 airports and 871 routes had AA flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	12,582	78.2%	5.9 min	0.0%
CLT Charlotte	9,726	79.9%	4.6 min	0.1%
MIA Miami	4,913	69.4%	14.6 min	0.2%
PHX Phoenix	4,517	84.9%	0.1 min	0.1%
ORD Chicago	3,596	82.1%	4.6 min	0.2%
PHL Philadelphia	3,010	84.3%	-0.2 min	0.1%
LAX Los Angeles	2,308	84.1%	5.9 min	0.1%
DCA Washington	1,981	81.5%	3.6 min	0.2%
MCO Orlando	1,497	79.6%	7.2 min	0.1%
LGA New York	1,431	81.3%	0.6 min	1.1%
JFK New York	1,210	88.0%	-9.2 min	0.2%
BOS Boston	1,209	90.3%	-10.8 min	0.2%
AUS Austin	1,115	85.2%	3.4 min	0.3%
TPA Tampa	1,094	80.3%	10.6 min	0.1%
LAS Las Vegas	1,075	82.4%	2.8 min	0.0%

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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	38.3%	35.9%	375,354
Late-arriving aircraft	44.5%	36.9%	435,467
National Aviation System	14.2%	21.7%	139,428
Extreme weather	2.7%	5.3%	26,329
Security	0.3%	0.3%	2,765

979,343 delay minutes on 13,964 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 February 2024?

81.0% of 74,870 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 83.4% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.