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Carrier month · March 2025
American Airlines in March 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 March 2025, American Airlines (AA) reported 82,536 scheduled domestic flights. 75.5% arrived on time, 1.5% were cancelled and 0.3% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 79.3% on time and 1.2% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 3.8 points below the combined figure.
A year earlier, in March 2024, it reported 82,259 flights with 71.9% on time: a change of +3.6 points.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 75.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.7%
- Cancelled 1.5%
- Diverted 0.3%
March 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | AA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 75.5% | 71.9% | 72.7% | 79.3% |
| Departed on time | 77.2% | 73.0% | 72.0% | 79.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.5% | 1.1% | 2.2% | 1.2% |
| Average arrival delay | 10.7 min | 16.5 min | 13.3 min | 5.5 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 2,751 | 2,742 | 2,706 | 20,029 |
| Scheduled flights | 82,536 | 82,259 | 987,645 | 600,872 |
116 airports and 808 routes had AA flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFW Dallas/Fort Worth | 14,273 | 67.7% | 16.3 min | 2.4% |
| CLT Charlotte | 10,561 | 75.0% | 8.5 min | 1.2% |
| MIA Miami | 5,689 | 68.8% | 15.9 min | 1.3% |
| PHX Phoenix | 5,087 | 79.8% | 6.0 min | 0.6% |
| ORD Chicago | 3,941 | 73.0% | 12.0 min | 1.2% |
| PHL Philadelphia | 3,162 | 78.3% | 7.5 min | 1.3% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 2,595 | 82.9% | 0.6 min | 0.5% |
| DCA Washington | 2,193 | 78.1% | 6.4 min | 1.8% |
| MCO Orlando | 1,756 | 74.7% | 15.7 min | 2.1% |
| LGA New York | 1,512 | 76.5% | 6.9 min | 1.5% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 1,343 | 79.5% | 7.7 min | 1.2% |
| TPA Tampa | 1,315 | 73.4% | 18.1 min | 2.5% |
| JFK New York | 1,210 | 86.5% | -4.3 min | 0.4% |
| BOS Boston | 1,201 | 83.3% | 0.5 min | 0.7% |
| SFO San Francisco | 982 | 80.8% | 7.1 min | 0.9% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of American Airlines flights were on time in March 2025?
75.5% of 82,536 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 79.3% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2024 the carrier reported 82,259 flights with 71.9% on time and 1.1% cancelled, against 75.5% and 1.5% in March 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.