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Carrier month · January 2025
American Airlines in January 2025
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 2025, American Airlines (AA) reported 75,088 scheduled domestic flights. 77.5% arrived on time, 3.7% were cancelled and 0.3% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 78.6% on time and 3.0% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 1.1 points below the combined figure.
A year earlier, in January 2024, it reported 77,346 flights with 69.3% on time: a change of +8.2 points.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 77.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.5%
- Cancelled 3.7%
- Diverted 0.3%
January 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Jan 2025 | Jan 2024 | AA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 77.5% | 69.3% | 72.7% | 78.6% |
| Departed on time | 78.2% | 71.7% | 72.0% | 79.3% |
| Cancelled | 3.7% | 1.6% | 2.2% | 3.0% |
| Average arrival delay | 5.6 min | 19.2 min | 13.3 min | 3.8 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 2,503 | 2,578 | 2,706 | 17,992 |
| Scheduled flights | 75,088 | 77,346 | 987,645 | 539,747 |
119 airports and 836 routes had AA flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFW Dallas/Fort Worth | 13,140 | 71.3% | 10.1 min | 6.2% |
| CLT Charlotte | 9,862 | 78.1% | 3.6 min | 3.7% |
| MIA Miami | 5,512 | 76.4% | 4.9 min | 1.9% |
| PHX Phoenix | 4,199 | 87.5% | -6.3 min | 1.0% |
| ORD Chicago | 3,625 | 77.2% | 1.9 min | 1.7% |
| PHL Philadelphia | 2,853 | 74.9% | 8.9 min | 1.4% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 2,380 | 88.2% | -7.1 min | 1.4% |
| DCA Washington | 1,952 | 76.1% | 1.2 min | 7.1% |
| MCO Orlando | 1,617 | 78.5% | 4.2 min | 2.3% |
| LGA New York | 1,488 | 74.9% | 7.3 min | 3.0% |
| JFK New York | 1,196 | 84.2% | -2.6 min | 0.9% |
| TPA Tampa | 1,196 | 80.4% | 3.6 min | 2.3% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 1,183 | 84.1% | 2.5 min | 2.3% |
| BOS Boston | 1,096 | 79.8% | 0.3 min | 2.6% |
| AUS Austin | 980 | 83.7% | 3.7 min | 3.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of American Airlines flights were on time in January 2025?
77.5% of 75,088 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 78.6% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2024 the carrier reported 77,346 flights with 69.3% on time and 1.6% cancelled, against 77.5% and 3.7% in January 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for American Airlines · methodology · corrections.