American Airlines in November 2024

82.8%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 November 2024, American Airlines (AA) reported 76,757 scheduled domestic flights. 82.8% arrived on time, 0.6% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 84.8% on time and 0.5% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 2.0 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, it reported 76,407 flights with 84.8% on time: a change of −2.0 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 82.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.3%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	AA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Nov 2024
Arrived on time	82.8%	84.8%	72.7%	84.8%
Departed on time	83.5%	85.8%	72.0%	85.2%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.0%	2.2%	0.5%
Average arrival delay	2.6 min	2.1 min	13.3 min	-0.3 min
Scheduled flights a day	2,559	2,547	2,706	19,180
Scheduled flights	76,757	76,407	987,645	575,404

125 airports and 905 routes had AA flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	13,100	75.5%	8.3 min	1.7%
CLT Charlotte	9,815	82.8%	2.1 min	0.0%
MIA Miami	5,004	83.5%	0.3 min	0.1%
PHX Phoenix	4,721	87.2%	-3.1 min	0.2%
ORD Chicago	3,687	81.0%	5.9 min	0.2%
PHL Philadelphia	3,433	87.1%	-3.9 min	0.1%
LAX Los Angeles	2,445	86.5%	-1.4 min	0.2%
DCA Washington	2,091	85.7%	-2.1 min	0.2%
MCO Orlando	1,475	86.7%	-2.8 min	0.5%
LGA New York	1,424	86.1%	-3.8 min	0.6%
BOS Boston	1,280	88.8%	-5.3 min	0.1%
LAS Las Vegas	1,198	86.3%	-1.4 min	0.7%
JFK New York	1,162	87.6%	-5.4 min	0.2%
TPA Tampa	1,060	86.9%	1.4 min	0.3%
AUS Austin	1,052	83.7%	6.1 min	1.2%

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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.2%	36.9%	333,487
Late-arriving aircraft	43.5%	35.6%	389,528
National Aviation System	15.3%	21.9%	136,819
Extreme weather	3.8%	5.4%	34,265
Security	0.3%	0.2%	2,359

896,458 delay minutes on 12,529 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 November 2024?

82.8% of 76,757 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 84.8% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023 the carrier reported 76,407 flights with 84.8% on time and 0.0% cancelled, against 82.8% and 0.6% in November 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.