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Flight Reliability

AA 117 · American Airlines

New York → Los Angeles (JFKLAX)

70
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
1.9%
Cancelled
6 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 363 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Saturdays have been rough.

AA 117 arrived on time 82% of the time on Tuesdays and just 65% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Lagging the JFK–LAX route.

AA 117 arrived on time 72% of the time, versus 79% across the JFK–LAX route.

A bit behind the American Airlines network.

AA 117 arrived on time 72% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.

Trending in the right direction.

AA 117 arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 69% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(51 flights)
  • Tue82%(51 flights)
  • Wed70%(50 flights)
  • Thu66%(50 flights)
  • Fri71%(51 flights)
  • Sat65%(52 flights)
  • Sun73%(51 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Jun 57% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202557%30
July 202560%30
August 202584%31
September 202577%30
October 202573%30
November 202562%29
December 202576%29
January 202659%29
February 202673%26
March 202681%31
April 202683%30
May 202674%31
Departures on time
72%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
356
Months covered
12

Based on 363 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.