Flight Reliability
AA 5533 · American Airlines
Charlotte → GPT (CLT–GPT)98% of its flights flew this route. The rest (DCA–JAX, ATL–ORD) are included in these numbers.
65
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 79%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 11 min
- Average arrival delay
- 4.9%
- Cancelled
- 11 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 243 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Friday is doing you no favors.
AA 5533 arrived on time 94% of the time on Wednesdays and just 67% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.
Keep a backup plan handy.
AA 5533 was cancelled 4.9% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.
Recent months have been rougher.
AA 5533 arrived on time 67% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon81%(32 flights)
- Tue83%(35 flights)
- Wed94%(35 flights)
- Thu71%(31 flights)
- Fri67%(33 flights)
- Sat72%(32 flights)
- Sun81%(32 flights)
- 6–9 PM—(1 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM79%(229 flights)
64%
May
Jun 62% → May 64% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 62% | 21 |
| July 2025 | 86% | 28 |
| August 2025 | 72% | 29 |
| September 2025 | 87% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 90% | 30 |
| November 2025 | 93% | 28 |
| December 2025 | 73% | 15 |
| January 2026 | 67% | 24 |
| February 2026 | 70% | 10 |
| May 2026 | 64% | 11 |
- Departures on time
- 76%
- Diverted
- 0.4%
- Flights flown
- 230
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 243 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.