American Airlines in May 2026

75.1%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 May 2026, American Airlines (AA) reported 88,740 scheduled domestic flights. 75.1% arrived on time, 1.5% were cancelled and 0.4% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 77.6% on time and 0.9% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 2.5 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, it reported 86,123 flights with 72.1% on time: a change of +3.0 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 75.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.0%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	AA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, May 2026
Arrived on time	75.1%	72.1%	72.7%	77.6%
Departed on time	73.6%	73.8%	72.0%	77.1%
Cancelled	1.5%	1.5%	2.2%	0.9%
Average arrival delay	10.7 min	14.0 min	13.3 min	6.2 min
Scheduled flights a day	2,958	2,871	2,706	20,391
Scheduled flights	88,740	86,123	987,645	611,735

128 airports and 973 routes had AA flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	14,714	65.6%	17.4 min	3.6%
CLT Charlotte	10,100	76.7%	6.9 min	0.2%
ORD Chicago	6,084	69.4%	16.4 min	0.9%
MIA Miami	5,568	72.4%	12.5 min	0.4%
PHX Phoenix	4,830	80.1%	5.1 min	0.5%
PHL Philadelphia	4,475	80.2%	2.5 min	0.9%
LAX Los Angeles	2,665	77.4%	8.9 min	0.8%
DCA Washington	2,233	74.0%	9.4 min	1.3%
MCO Orlando	1,758	74.3%	11.4 min	0.8%
BOS Boston	1,580	79.3%	6.3 min	1.1%
LGA New York	1,531	71.2%	12.2 min	2.0%
JFK New York	1,381	80.9%	7.2 min	1.0%
LAS Las Vegas	1,314	82.9%	2.3 min	1.1%
TPA Tampa	1,204	74.8%	18.1 min	1.3%
SFO San Francisco	1,087	70.7%	14.9 min	1.5%

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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	32.9%	33.0%	556,350
Late-arriving aircraft	46.1%	40.4%	779,682
National Aviation System	13.7%	20.5%	231,956
Extreme weather	7.1%	6.0%	119,637
Security	0.1%	0.1%	2,010

1,689,635 delay minutes on 20,427 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 May 2026?

75.1% of 88,740 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 77.6% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025 the carrier reported 86,123 flights with 72.1% on time and 1.5% cancelled, against 75.1% and 1.5% in May 2026.

Provenance

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