Flight Reliability
AA 171 · American Airlines
New York → Los Angeles (JFK–LAX)
89
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 89%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 8 min early
- Average arrival delay
- 1.7%
- Cancelled
- 14 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 363 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
AA 171 arrived on time 94% of the time on Mondays. On Sundays: 84%.
Better than the JFK–LAX route average.
AA 171 arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 79% across the JFK–LAX route.
Better than the American Airlines network average.
AA 171 arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.
Trending in the right direction.
AA 171 arrived on time 93% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon94%(50 flights)
- Tue90%(49 flights)
- Wed92%(52 flights)
- Thu88%(51 flights)
- Fri90%(52 flights)
- Sat84%(51 flights)
- Sun84%(51 flights)
97%
May
Jun 90% → May 97% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 90% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 100% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 90% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 90% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 87% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 93% | 30 |
| December 2025 | 90% | 29 |
| January 2026 | 68% | 28 |
| February 2026 | 77% | 26 |
| March 2026 | 93% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 90% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 97% | 30 |
- Departures on time
- 93%
- Diverted
- 0.3%
- 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.