Skip to content
WanderNerd
Check a flight

Flight Reliability

AA 5838 · American Airlines

This number covered several routes in this period.

One number, several routes.

Airlines reuse flight numbers, and AA 5838 moved between routes during this period. Numbers below combine all of them, so treat them as background, not a verdict. For a cleaner answer, check the route you are actually flying.

Combined across all its routes

88%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min early
Average arrival delay
3.0%
Cancelled
15 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 401 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon88%(56 flights)
  • Tue85%(54 flights)
  • Wed90%(57 flights)
  • Thu91%(54 flights)
  • Fri89%(55 flights)
  • Sat83%(58 flights)
  • Sun89%(54 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM95%(99 flights)
  • 6–9 AM92%(78 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM94%(47 flights)
  • 12–3 PM93%(99 flights)
  • 3–6 PM64%(11 flights)
  • 6–9 PM57%(54 flights)
On-time trend by month
92%
May

Jun 48% → May 92% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202548%27
July 202567%27
August 202583%30
September 202596%26
October 202594%31
November 202597%29
December 202594%31
January 202693%28
February 2026100%26
March 202687%31
April 202693%54
May 202692%48
Departures on time
88%
Diverted
0.2%
Flights flown
388
Months covered
12

Keep nerding

Based on 401 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.