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Flight Reliability

AA 459 · American Airlines

Charlotte → St. Louis (CLTSTL)99% of its flights flew this route. The rest (CLT–PHL) are included in these numbers.

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
67%
Arrive within 15 minutes
30 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
3 min
Median arrival delay

Based on 157 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

AA 459 arrived on time 77% of the time on Saturdays and just 52% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Lagging the CLT–STL route.

AA 459 arrived on time 67% of the time, versus 78% across the CLT–STL route.

Lagging the American Airlines network.

AA 459 arrived on time 67% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.

Trending in the right direction.

AA 459 arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 55% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon59%(22 flights)
  • Tue64%(22 flights)
  • Wed74%(23 flights)
  • Thu74%(23 flights)
  • Fri64%(22 flights)
  • Sat77%(22 flights)
  • Sun52%(21 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM(1 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM66%(154 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
May

Jun 56% → May 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202556%25
July 202545%29
August 202566%29
September 202580%30
October 202580%30
May 202673%11
Departures on time
58%
Diverted
0.6%
Flights flown
155
Months covered
7

Based on 157 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.