On-Time Report

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Carrier month · April 2024

American Airlines in April 2024

74.9%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 April 2024, American Airlines (AA) reported 81,216 scheduled domestic flights. 74.9% arrived on time, 1.0% were cancelled and 0.3% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 80.2% on time and 0.7% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 5.3 points below the combined figure.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 15%.

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

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

MeasureApr 2024Year earlierAA, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, Apr 2024
Arrived on time74.9%—72.7%80.2%
Departed on time75.8%—72.0%80.5%
Cancelled1.0%—2.2%0.7%
Average arrival delay12.8 min—13.3 min5.4 min
Scheduled flights a day2,707—2,70619,406
Scheduled flights81,216—987,645582,185

122 airports and 884 routes had AA flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth13,27466.4%19.0 min2.0%
CLT Charlotte10,65370.9%13.9 min0.5%
MIA Miami4,96273.5%13.0 min0.7%
PHX Phoenix4,88182.3%3.2 min0.2%
ORD Chicago4,21273.8%15.6 min0.2%
PHL Philadelphia3,34682.4%2.6 min0.6%
LAX Los Angeles2,53179.5%9.7 min0.2%
DCA Washington2,36874.7%10.7 min1.1%
MCO Orlando1,53677.8%12.2 min1.4%
LGA New York1,49678.5%6.9 min1.6%
BOS Boston1,35583.3%-0.3 min0.7%
JFK New York1,19583.9%-0.9 min0.6%
TPA Tampa1,15779.9%9.8 min2.2%
LAS Las Vegas1,12981.0%10.5 min0.7%
AUS Austin1,10375.2%20.5 min1.0%

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), April 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, Apr 2024Minutes
Air carrier31.0%33.6%489,810
Late-arriving aircraft48.0%41.0%758,231
National Aviation System14.8%20.0%232,822
Extreme weather6.0%5.1%94,422
Security0.2%0.2%2,900
1,578,185 delay minutes on 19,380 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

What share of American Airlines flights were on time in April 2024?

74.9% of 81,216 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 80.2% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 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 April 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.