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Carrier month · August 2025
American Airlines in August 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 August 2025, American Airlines (AA) reported 83,024 scheduled domestic flights. 67.8% arrived on time, 1.9% were cancelled and 0.5% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 76.3% on time and 1.1% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 8.5 points below the combined figure.
A year earlier, in August 2024, it reported 85,963 flights with 66.7% on time: a change of +1.1 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 13%.
- On time 67.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.8%
- Cancelled 1.9%
- Diverted 0.5%
August 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Aug 2025 | Aug 2024 | AA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 67.8% | 66.7% | 72.7% | 76.3% |
| Departed on time | 68.2% | 67.1% | 72.0% | 76.8% |
| Cancelled | 1.9% | 2.9% | 2.2% | 1.1% |
| Average arrival delay | 20.4 min | 21.6 min | 13.3 min | 9.2 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 2,768 | 2,865 | 2,706 | 20,079 |
| Scheduled flights | 83,024 | 85,963 | 987,645 | 602,378 |
125 airports and 943 routes had AA flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFW Dallas/Fort Worth | 13,659 | 54.2% | 33.0 min | 3.6% |
| CLT Charlotte | 9,480 | 67.7% | 17.5 min | 0.8% |
| ORD Chicago | 5,499 | 63.6% | 25.2 min | 2.7% |
| MIA Miami | 5,121 | 63.5% | 21.6 min | 0.9% |
| PHL Philadelphia | 4,718 | 67.5% | 19.3 min | 1.1% |
| PHX Phoenix | 4,082 | 78.1% | 7.2 min | 0.6% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 2,595 | 76.5% | 12.9 min | 1.0% |
| DCA Washington | 2,400 | 73.0% | 12.5 min | 1.5% |
| BOS Boston | 1,516 | 78.5% | 5.6 min | 1.6% |
| MCO Orlando | 1,502 | 60.9% | 29.7 min | 1.6% |
| LGA New York | 1,351 | 69.4% | 17.2 min | 2.5% |
| JFK New York | 1,134 | 81.0% | 1.1 min | 0.8% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 1,128 | 78.4% | 7.8 min | 1.4% |
| TPA Tampa | 1,122 | 67.1% | 22.6 min | 1.5% |
| SFO San Francisco | 1,068 | 75.3% | 12.4 min | 1.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of American Airlines flights were on time in August 2025?
67.8% of 83,024 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 76.3% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2024 the carrier reported 85,963 flights with 66.7% on time and 2.9% cancelled, against 67.8% and 1.9% in August 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.