Flight Reliability
AA 117 · American Airlines
New York → Los Angeles (JFK–LAX)
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
- Mon75%(51 flights)
- Tue82%(51 flights)
- Wed70%(50 flights)
- Thu66%(50 flights)
- Fri71%(51 flights)
- Sat65%(52 flights)
- Sun73%(51 flights)
74%
May
Jun 57% → May 74% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 57% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 60% | 30 |
| August 2025 | 84% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 77% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 73% | 30 |
| November 2025 | 62% | 29 |
| December 2025 | 76% | 29 |
| January 2026 | 59% | 29 |
| February 2026 | 73% | 26 |
| March 2026 | 81% | 31 |
| April 2026 | 83% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 74% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 72%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 356
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
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.