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AA 4797 · American Airlines

Indianapolis → New York (IND–LGA)

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
90%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min early
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
8 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 326 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Sunday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 93% on time on Sundays against 86% on Fridays.

Better than the IND–LGA route average.

AA 4797 arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 81% across the IND–LGA route.

Better than the American Airlines network average.

AA 4797 arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.

Slipping a little lately.

AA 4797 arrived on time 85% 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
  • Mon92%(47 flights)
  • Tue88%(51 flights)
  • Wed92%(51 flights)
  • Thu88%(49 flights)
  • Fri86%(51 flights)
  • Sat92%(39 flights)
  • Sun93%(29 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(4 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(308 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(5 flights)
On-time trend by month
96%
May

Jun 88% → May 96% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202588%25
July 202590%30
August 202593%27
September 202592%26
October 202597%30
November 202596%28
December 202589%27
January 202680%25
February 202696%22
March 202674%23
April 202685%26
May 202696%28
Departures on time
90%
Diverted
0.3%
Flights flown
317
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 326 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.