American Airlines in April 2026

76.8%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 April 2026, American Airlines (AA) reported 84,538 scheduled domestic flights. 76.8% arrived on time, 0.9% were cancelled and 0.3% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 78.9% on time and 0.9% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 2.1 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, it reported 82,261 flights with 74.3% on time: a change of +2.5 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 76.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.0%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by American Airlines in April 2026.

April 2026 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	AA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Apr 2026
Arrived on time	76.8%	74.3%	72.7%	78.9%
Departed on time	76.2%	76.0%	72.0%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.9%	1.4%	2.2%	0.9%
Average arrival delay	7.6 min	11.9 min	13.3 min	4.8 min
Scheduled flights a day	2,818	2,742	2,706	19,931
Scheduled flights	84,538	82,261	987,645	597,919

119 airports and 929 routes had AA flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	13,877	68.2%	13.5 min	1.3%
CLT Charlotte	9,893	78.4%	5.5 min	0.1%
ORD Chicago	5,730	61.8%	21.0 min	3.2%
MIA Miami	5,405	72.5%	10.0 min	0.1%
PHX Phoenix	4,747	83.5%	-0.2 min	0.3%
PHL Philadelphia	3,981	82.1%	-1.3 min	0.4%
LAX Los Angeles	2,449	79.7%	4.2 min	0.4%
DCA Washington	2,137	78.9%	5.8 min	0.5%
MCO Orlando	1,729	77.4%	8.3 min	0.6%
BOS Boston	1,481	82.0%	2.4 min	0.6%
LGA New York	1,462	77.2%	3.9 min	1.0%
LAS Las Vegas	1,289	85.2%	-6.1 min	1.0%
JFK New York	1,263	84.2%	-1.8 min	0.1%
TPA Tampa	1,204	81.1%	6.5 min	0.3%
AUS Austin	1,037	78.4%	11.8 min	1.4%

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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	34.5%	33.5%	490,402
Late-arriving aircraft	47.3%	40.4%	671,617
National Aviation System	13.9%	21.0%	197,643
Extreme weather	4.1%	5.0%	58,251
Security	0.1%	0.1%	1,723

1,419,636 delay minutes on 18,592 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

What share of American Airlines flights were on time in April 2026?

76.8% of 84,538 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 78.9% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025 the carrier reported 82,261 flights with 74.3% on time and 1.4% cancelled, against 76.8% and 0.9% in April 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 2026; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for American Airlines · methodology · corrections.