American Airlines in March 2024

71.9%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 March 2024, American Airlines (AA) reported 82,259 scheduled domestic flights. 71.9% arrived on time, 1.1% were cancelled and 0.3% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 78.3% on time and 0.9% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 6.4 points below the combined figure.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 71.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.7%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	AA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Mar 2024
Arrived on time	71.9%	—	72.7%	78.3%
Departed on time	73.0%	—	72.0%	78.5%
Cancelled	1.1%	—	2.2%	0.9%
Average arrival delay	16.5 min	—	13.3 min	6.5 min
Scheduled flights a day	2,742	—	2,706	19,726
Scheduled flights	82,259	—	987,645	591,767

119 airports and 859 routes had AA flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	14,031	64.3%	22.0 min	1.6%
CLT Charlotte	10,589	70.7%	14.9 min	0.4%
MIA Miami	5,240	61.2%	27.6 min	2.8%
PHX Phoenix	5,091	75.0%	10.6 min	0.3%
ORD Chicago	3,910	73.1%	12.3 min	0.4%
PHL Philadelphia	2,895	78.6%	5.0 min	0.5%
LAX Los Angeles	2,538	74.3%	15.9 min	0.2%
DCA Washington	2,510	75.1%	12.5 min	1.0%
MCO Orlando	1,627	69.1%	20.3 min	0.7%
LGA New York	1,555	81.1%	3.4 min	1.2%
BOS Boston	1,287	81.7%	2.3 min	0.7%
JFK New York	1,269	83.3%	-8.5 min	0.8%
TPA Tampa	1,211	65.2%	25.6 min	1.8%
LAS Las Vegas	1,156	75.4%	17.1 min	0.9%
AUS Austin	1,152	72.9%	15.8 min	1.1%

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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.9%	32.1%	587,696
Late-arriving aircraft	51.4%	42.1%	977,981
National Aviation System	13.1%	21.4%	250,409
Extreme weather	4.4%	4.2%	84,440
Security	0.2%	0.2%	3,844

1,904,370 delay minutes on 21,978 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 March 2024?

71.9% of 82,259 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 78.3% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.