American Airlines in June 2026

67.7%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 June 2026, American Airlines (AA) reported 86,464 scheduled domestic flights. 67.7% arrived on time, 2.6% were cancelled and 0.6% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 72.8% on time and 1.6% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 5.1 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in June 2025, it reported 85,419 flights with 65.3% on time: a change of +2.4 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%.

On time 67.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.1%
Cancelled 2.6%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Jun 2026	Jun 2025	AA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Jun 2026
Arrived on time	67.7%	65.3%	72.7%	72.8%
Departed on time	66.2%	66.7%	72.0%	72.2%
Cancelled	2.6%	2.5%	2.2%	1.6%
Average arrival delay	20.1 min	23.1 min	13.3 min	11.7 min
Scheduled flights a day	2,882	2,847	2,706	20,253
Scheduled flights	86,464	85,419	987,645	607,577

126 airports and 905 routes had AA flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	14,398	52.1%	34.1 min	5.0%
CLT Charlotte	9,385	69.7%	16.4 min	1.3%
ORD Chicago	5,849	59.1%	26.7 min	3.5%
MIA Miami	5,362	70.5%	13.5 min	0.9%
PHX Phoenix	4,896	73.3%	13.7 min	0.8%
PHL Philadelphia	4,706	71.1%	13.4 min	1.9%
LAX Los Angeles	2,755	71.9%	16.8 min	1.4%
DCA Washington	2,084	74.1%	15.3 min	2.2%
MCO Orlando	1,668	71.3%	19.5 min	1.1%
BOS Boston	1,593	79.0%	4.4 min	2.4%
LGA New York	1,442	67.1%	20.2 min	4.7%
JFK New York	1,373	74.4%	11.6 min	1.8%
SFO San Francisco	1,156	67.1%	26.1 min	2.2%
LAS Las Vegas	1,139	73.6%	11.2 min	2.3%
TPA Tampa	1,097	73.7%	14.1 min	2.2%

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), June 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Jun 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	30.5%	30.8%	707,818
Late-arriving aircraft	48.7%	42.1%	1,128,604
National Aviation System	13.5%	20.3%	312,005
Extreme weather	7.3%	6.7%	168,646
Security	0.1%	0.1%	2,318

2,319,391 delay minutes on 25,173 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 June 2026?

67.7% of 86,464 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 72.8% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In June 2025 the carrier reported 85,419 flights with 65.3% on time and 2.5% cancelled, against 67.7% and 2.6% in June 2026.

Provenance

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