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Flight Reliability

AA 1 · American Airlines

New York → Los Angeles (JFK–LAX)

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
90%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
1.7%
Cancelled
15 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 349 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Wednesday is the weak spot.

AA 1 arrived on time 96% of the time on Thursdays. On Wednesdays: 84%.

Better than the JFK–LAX route average.

AA 1 arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 79% across the JFK–LAX route.

Better than the American Airlines network average.

AA 1 arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.

Trending in the right direction.

AA 1 arrived on time 88% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon94%(47 flights)
  • Tue92%(51 flights)
  • Wed84%(51 flights)
  • Thu96%(48 flights)
  • Fri94%(48 flights)
  • Sat88%(49 flights)
  • Sun86%(49 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 97% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202597%30
July 202597%31
August 202597%31
September 202593%30
October 202594%31
November 202590%29
December 202594%31
January 202681%21
February 202670%23
March 202683%29
April 202693%28
May 202690%29
Departures on time
91%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
343
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 349 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.