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Carrier month · September 2025
American Airlines in September 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 September 2025, American Airlines (AA) reported 77,306 scheduled domestic flights. 77.8% arrived on time, 1.2% were cancelled and 0.3% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 82.8% on time and 0.5% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 5.0 points below the combined figure.
A year earlier, in September 2024, it reported 80,709 flights with 80.0% 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 43%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 14%.
- On time 77.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.6%
- Cancelled 1.2%
- Diverted 0.3%
September 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Sep 2025 | Sep 2024 | AA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 77.8% | 80.0% | 72.7% | 82.8% |
| Departed on time | 77.9% | 81.2% | 72.0% | 83.1% |
| Cancelled | 1.2% | 0.7% | 2.2% | 0.5% |
| Average arrival delay | 8.3 min | 5.6 min | 13.3 min | 2.3 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 2,577 | 2,690 | 2,706 | 18,748 |
| Scheduled flights | 77,306 | 80,709 | 987,645 | 562,439 |
122 airports and 894 routes had AA flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DFW Dallas/Fort Worth | 12,853 | 71.1% | 13.4 min | 2.6% |
| CLT Charlotte | 9,228 | 81.8% | 1.3 min | 0.3% |
| ORD Chicago | 5,100 | 72.1% | 14.4 min | 0.5% |
| MIA Miami | 4,249 | 75.7% | 7.8 min | 0.6% |
| PHL Philadelphia | 4,224 | 78.6% | 2.8 min | 0.6% |
| PHX Phoenix | 3,777 | 81.3% | 3.2 min | 1.7% |
| DCA Washington | 2,726 | 71.7% | 12.5 min | 0.8% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 2,210 | 80.0% | 5.8 min | 0.8% |
| BOS Boston | 1,408 | 71.9% | 11.2 min | 1.2% |
| MCO Orlando | 1,373 | 79.4% | 5.9 min | 0.5% |
| LGA New York | 1,312 | 76.7% | 8.9 min | 0.8% |
| JFK New York | 1,130 | 83.1% | 0.8 min | 0.6% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 1,105 | 83.0% | 3.1 min | 1.1% |
| TPA Tampa | 976 | 84.1% | 3.8 min | 0.5% |
| SFO San Francisco | 973 | 83.2% | 4.7 min | 0.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of American Airlines flights were on time in September 2025?
77.8% of 77,306 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 82.8% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2024 the carrier reported 80,709 flights with 80.0% on time and 0.7% cancelled, against 77.8% and 1.2% in September 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.