Flight Reliability
AA 238 · American Airlines
Los Angeles → New York (LAX–JFK)
67
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 70%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 20 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.8%
- Cancelled
- 7 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 363 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Wednesdays have been rough.
AA 238 arrived on time 78% of the time on Mondays and just 62% on Wednesdays. That gap is worth planning around.
Lagging the LAX–JFK route.
AA 238 arrived on time 70% of the time, versus 79% across the LAX–JFK route.
A bit behind the American Airlines network.
AA 238 arrived on time 70% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.
Trending in the right direction.
AA 238 arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 63% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon78%(51 flights)
- Tue73%(52 flights)
- Wed62%(52 flights)
- Thu65%(51 flights)
- Fri73%(52 flights)
- Sat71%(51 flights)
- Sun65%(49 flights)
68%
May
Jun 53% → May 68% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 53% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 55% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 81% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 77% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 81% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 59% | 27 |
| December 2025 | 74% | 31 |
| January 2026 | 47% | 30 |
| February 2026 | 69% | 26 |
| March 2026 | 77% | 31 |
| April 2026 | 93% | 29 |
| May 2026 | 68% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 71%
- Diverted
- 0.6%
- Flights flown
- 358
- 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.