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Flight Reliability

AA 1879 · American Airlines

Charlotte → Orlando (CLT–MCO)

49
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WanderNerd Reliability Score
63%
Arrive within 15 minutes
29 min
Average arrival delay
2.6%
Cancelled
4 min
Median arrival delay

Based on 344 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

AA 1879 arrived on time 81% of the time on Wednesdays and just 34% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Lagging the CLT–MCO route.

AA 1879 arrived on time 63% of the time, versus 70% across the CLT–MCO route.

Lagging the American Airlines network.

AA 1879 arrived on time 63% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.

Slipping a little lately.

AA 1879 arrived on time 65% 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
  • Mon67%(48 flights)
  • Tue78%(45 flights)
  • Wed81%(47 flights)
  • Thu56%(48 flights)
  • Fri62%(47 flights)
  • Sat65%(48 flights)
  • Sun34%(50 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 PM64%(134 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM62%(199 flights)
On-time trend by month
68%
May

Jun 54% → May 68% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202554%28
July 202536%28
August 202550%28
September 202567%30
October 202580%30
November 202564%28
December 202560%20
January 202672%25
February 202675%28
March 202659%27
April 202667%30
May 202668%31
Departures on time
62%
Diverted
0.6%
Flights flown
333
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 344 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.