Flight Reliability
AA 1553 · American Airlines
Miami → New York (MIA–LGA)97% of its flights flew this route. The rest (DCA–CHS, LAX–CLT) are included in these numbers.
- 60%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 40 min
- Average arrival delay
- 3.2%
- Cancelled
- 4 min
- Median arrival delay
Based on 155 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
12–3 PM has a slight edge.
Departures between 12–3 PM arrived on time 62% of the time, against 58% between 3–6 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
AA 1553 arrived on time 82% of the time on Tuesdays and just 41% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Lagging the MIA–LGA route.
AA 1553 arrived on time 60% of the time, versus 68% across the MIA–LGA route.
Well behind the American Airlines network.
AA 1553 arrived on time 60% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.
The breakdown
- Mon79%(19 flights)
- Tue82%(22 flights)
- Wed46%(22 flights)
- Thu46%(22 flights)
- Fri64%(22 flights)
- Sat70%(20 flights)
- Sun41%(22 flights)
- 12–3 PM62%(84 flights)
- 3–6 PM58%(60 flights)
- 6–9 PM—(4 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
Jun 61% → Oct 67% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 61% | 28 |
| July 2025 | 36% | 28 |
| August 2025 | 63% | 27 |
| September 2025 | 73% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 67% | 30 |
- Departures on time
- 64%
- Diverted
- 0.6%
- Flights flown
- 149
- Months covered
- 9
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 155 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.