On-Time Report

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Carrier month · July 2025

American Airlines in July 2025

62.4%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 July 2025, American Airlines (AA) reported 87,852 scheduled domestic flights. 62.4% arrived on time, 3.4% were cancelled and 0.6% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 69.0% on time and 2.5% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 6.6 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, it reported 88,291 flights with 60.2% on time: a change of +2.2 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 14%.

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by American Airlines in July 2025.

July 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

MeasureJul 2025Jul 2024AA, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, Jul 2025
Arrived on time62.4%60.2%72.7%69.0%
Departed on time62.7%60.4%72.0%69.7%
Cancelled3.4%2.5%2.2%2.5%
Average arrival delay27.0 min31.8 min13.3 min17.3 min
Scheduled flights a day2,9282,9432,70621,048
Scheduled flights87,85288,291987,645631,428

125 airports and 922 routes had AA flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth14,62153.0%32.0 min3.5%
CLT Charlotte10,13760.1%25.5 min2.3%
ORD Chicago5,84657.1%31.8 min4.5%
MIA Miami5,39057.0%30.5 min3.0%
PHX Phoenix4,78370.9%16.0 min1.2%
PHL Philadelphia4,48659.9%30.1 min5.7%
LAX Los Angeles2,76667.9%22.5 min2.0%
DCA Washington2,27162.7%24.3 min8.0%
MCO Orlando1,61559.8%34.2 min3.0%
BOS Boston1,44869.4%14.5 min4.1%
LGA New York1,37357.9%39.2 min8.5%
JFK New York1,23471.6%13.0 min4.3%
LAS Las Vegas1,19570.9%16.0 min2.8%
TPA Tampa1,14762.9%24.6 min3.0%
SFO San Francisco1,11871.3%23.5 min2.4%

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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, Jul 2025Minutes
Air carrier31.0%31.1%863,804
Late-arriving aircraft48.9%40.8%1,364,362
National Aviation System13.5%20.7%377,609
Extreme weather6.5%7.3%181,286
Security0.1%0.1%2,238
2,789,299 delay minutes on 29,516 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 July 2025?

62.4% of 87,852 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 69.0% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024 the carrier reported 88,291 flights with 60.2% on time and 2.5% cancelled, against 62.4% and 3.4% in July 2025.

Provenance

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