Flight Reliability
AA 28 · American Airlines
Los Angeles → New York (LAX–JFK)
78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 80%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 9 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.2%
- Cancelled
- 8 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 356 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
9 PM–12 AM has a slight edge.
Departures between 9 PM–12 AM arrived on time 81% of the time, against 76% between 12–3 AM.
Friday is doing you no favors.
AA 28 arrived on time 88% of the time on Thursdays. On Fridays: 73%.
A bit ahead of the American Airlines network.
AA 28 arrived on time 80% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.
Trending in the right direction.
AA 28 arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 64% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon84%(50 flights)
- Tue82%(49 flights)
- Wed78%(49 flights)
- Thu88%(48 flights)
- Fri73%(52 flights)
- Sat80%(49 flights)
- Sun78%(50 flights)
- 12–3 AM76%(33 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM81%(314 flights)
84%
May
Jun 90% → May 84% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 90% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 80% | 30 |
| August 2025 | 94% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 79% | 29 |
| October 2025 | 84% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 79% | 28 |
| December 2025 | 76% | 29 |
| January 2026 | 54% | 26 |
| February 2026 | 64% | 22 |
| March 2026 | 70% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 100% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 84% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 81%
- Diverted
- 0.3%
- Flights flown
- 347
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 356 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.