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Flight Reliability

AA 5495 · American Airlines

CAK → Charlotte (CAK–CLT)

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
13 min
Average arrival delay
3.0%
Cancelled
13 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 333 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Mornings have a slight edge.

Departures between 6–9 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, against 82% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

AA 5495 arrived on time 96% of the time on Thursdays and just 78% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit ahead of the CAK–CLT route.

AA 5495 arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 80% across the CAK–CLT route.

Better than the American Airlines network average.

AA 5495 arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon88%(50 flights)
  • Tue96%(23 flights)
  • Wed83%(48 flights)
  • Thu96%(49 flights)
  • Fri78%(51 flights)
  • Sat82%(50 flights)
  • Sun86%(50 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(304 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(17 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 79% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%29
July 202590%31
August 202594%31
September 202593%30
October 202589%27
November 202592%26
December 202579%29
January 202662%21
February 202690%19
March 202688%24
April 202685%26
May 202689%28
Departures on time
86%
Diverted
0.6%
Flights flown
321
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 333 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.