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Carrier month · May 2025
American Airlines in May 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 May 2025, American Airlines (AA) reported 86,123 scheduled domestic flights. 72.1% arrived on time, 1.5% were cancelled and 0.4% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 75.4% on time and 1.0% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 3.3 points below the combined figure.
A year earlier, in May 2024, it reported 86,765 flights with 60.6% on time: a change of +11.5 points.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 72.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.0%
- Cancelled 1.5%
- Diverted 0.4%
May 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | May 2025 | May 2024 | AA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 72.1% | 60.6% | 72.7% | 75.4% |
| Departed on time | 73.8% | 62.9% | 72.0% | 76.7% |
| Cancelled | 1.5% | 3.5% | 2.2% | 1.0% |
| Average arrival delay | 14.0 min | 30.2 min | 13.3 min | 10.2 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 2,871 | 2,892 | 2,706 | 20,188 |
| Scheduled flights | 86,123 | 86,765 | 987,645 | 605,648 |
119 airports and 890 routes had AA flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFW Dallas/Fort Worth | 14,372 | 61.5% | 22.6 min | 2.7% |
| CLT Charlotte | 10,434 | 72.8% | 10.7 min | 0.9% |
| MIA Miami | 5,536 | 66.8% | 17.4 min | 1.0% |
| ORD Chicago | 4,954 | 74.9% | 7.9 min | 0.8% |
| PHX Phoenix | 4,860 | 79.7% | 5.7 min | 0.2% |
| PHL Philadelphia | 4,224 | 70.1% | 12.6 min | 1.9% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 2,672 | 77.2% | 10.7 min | 0.6% |
| DCA Washington | 2,400 | 73.6% | 14.7 min | 1.7% |
| MCO Orlando | 1,682 | 67.5% | 26.5 min | 1.4% |
| BOS Boston | 1,419 | 75.1% | 9.0 min | 1.1% |
| LGA New York | 1,378 | 69.8% | 20.6 min | 2.0% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 1,377 | 79.5% | 3.8 min | 1.5% |
| JFK New York | 1,227 | 80.2% | 2.9 min | 0.5% |
| TPA Tampa | 1,227 | 77.3% | 6.7 min | 1.4% |
| SFO San Francisco | 1,053 | 78.6% | 8.9 min | 0.9% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of American Airlines flights were on time in May 2025?
72.1% of 86,123 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 75.4% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2024 the carrier reported 86,765 flights with 60.6% on time and 3.5% cancelled, against 72.1% and 1.5% in May 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.