Skip to content
WanderNerd

Flight Reliability

AA 4892 · American Airlines

Phoenix → MAF (PHXMAF)

66
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
70%
Arrive within 15 minutes
25 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
5 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 365 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 74% of the time, against 69% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

AA 4892 arrived on time 89% of the time on Tuesdays and just 53% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit behind the American Airlines network.

AA 4892 arrived on time 70% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon57%(51 flights)
  • Tue89%(52 flights)
  • Wed84%(50 flights)
  • Thu65%(52 flights)
  • Fri53%(51 flights)
  • Sat81%(52 flights)
  • Sun62%(52 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM(3 flights)
  • 3–6 PM(6 flights)
  • 6–9 PM69%(328 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM74%(23 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 43% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202543%30
July 202568%31
August 202568%31
September 202573%30
October 202567%30
November 202567%30
December 202577%31
January 202672%29
February 202674%27
March 202667%30
April 202677%30
May 202687%31
Departures on time
72%
Diverted
0.5%
Flights flown
360
Months covered
12

Based on 365 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.