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AA 4087 · American Airlines

Charlotte → Bentonville (CLT–XNA)80% of its flights flew this route. The rest (ATL–DCA, DCA–ATL) are included in these numbers.

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min
Average arrival delay
2.1%
Cancelled
7 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 387 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 84% of the time, against 77% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

AA 4087 arrived on time 89% of the time on Wednesdays and just 72% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit ahead of the American Airlines network.

AA 4087 arrived on time 80% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.

Recent months have been rougher.

AA 4087 arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 88% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon86%(57 flights)
  • Tue80%(59 flights)
  • Wed89%(56 flights)
  • Thu78%(55 flights)
  • Fri72%(57 flights)
  • Sat80%(40 flights)
  • Sun76%(55 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM80%(39 flights)
  • 3–6 PM81%(86 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(150 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM84%(104 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 61% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202561%28
July 202577%31
August 202584%31
September 202583%30
October 202574%31
November 202582%28
December 202582%28
January 202696%27
February 202685%27
March 202682%27
April 202681%47
May 202677%44
Departures on time
83%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
379
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 387 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.