American Airlines Delay Rate, Cancellations & On-Time Performance AA

On-time departure and arrival rates compiled from operational records, covering every flight operated to and from Japan. Switch the period with the tabs below.

Delay rate 24.1% Delay rate is the share of flights departing more than 15 minutes after schedule (100% − on-time departure)

Cancellation: 1.5% / Avg delay when late: 250min

Last 28 days ・ 270 flights ・ Includes estimates 16 estimated

Some airlines do not publish gate departure/arrival times. For those flights we estimate the gate times from the takeoff/landing record and the airport's measured taxi times (validated at 3.5 min mean error, 94.4% agreement on the on-time call). Without the estimate, those airlines' flights would drop out of the sample entirely and cross-airline comparison would break.

DailyWeeklyMonthly

Daily · Last 30 days

On-time departureOn timeDelayed

40%60%80%100%020 100%50%90%2026-09-0610 flights ・ Avg delay when late +16minOn time 9 ・ Delayed 180%2026-09-0710 flights ・ Avg delay when late +139minOn time 8 ・ Delayed 281.8%2026-09-0811 flights ・ Avg delay when late +44minOn time 9 ・ Delayed 280%2026-09-0910 flights ・ Avg delay when late +33minOn time 8 ・ Delayed 290.9%2026-09-1011 flights ・ Avg delay when late +71minOn time 10 ・ Delayed 190%2026-09-1110 flights ・ Avg delay when late +111minOn time 9 ・ Delayed 190%2026-09-1210 flights ・ Avg delay when late +35minOn time 9 ・ Delayed 190%2026-09-1310 flights ・ Avg delay when late +89minOn time 9 ・ Delayed 1100%2026-09-1410 flightsOn time 10 ・ Delayed 090%2026-09-1510 flights ・ Avg delay when late +70minOn time 9 ・ Delayed 170%2026-09-1610 flights ・ Avg delay when late +731minOn time 7 ・ Delayed 388.9%2026-09-179 flights ・ Avg delay when late +495minOn time 8 ・ Delayed 190.9%2026-09-1811 flights ・ Avg delay when late +19minOn time 10 ・ Delayed 181.8%2026-09-1911 flights ・ Avg delay when late +22minOn time 9 ・ Delayed 266.7%2026-09-209 flights ・ Avg delay when late +1328minOn time 6 ・ Delayed 3100%2026-09-216 flightsOn time 6 ・ Delayed 070%2026-09-2210 flights ・ Avg delay when late +123minOn time 7 ・ Delayed 350%2026-09-2312 flights ・ Avg delay when late +63minOn time 6 ・ Delayed 660%2026-09-2410 flights ・ Avg delay when late +150minOn time 6 ・ Delayed 460%2026-09-2510 flights ・ Avg delay when late +103minOn time 6 ・ Delayed 481.8%2026-09-2611 flights ・ Avg delay when late +438minOn time 9 ・ Delayed 260%2026-09-2710 flights ・ Avg delay when late +131minOn time 6 ・ Delayed 470%2026-09-2810 flights ・ Avg delay when late +445minOn time 7 ・ Delayed 350%2026-09-2910 flights ・ Avg delay when late +393minOn time 5 ・ Delayed 555.6%2026-09-309 flights ・ Avg delay when late +86minOn time 5 ・ Delayed 454.5%2026-10-0111 flights ・ Avg delay when late +198minOn time 6 ・ Delayed 570%2026-10-0210 flights ・ Avg delay when late +34minOn time 7 ・ Delayed 372.7%2026-10-0311 flights ・ Avg delay when late +91minOn time 8 ・ Delayed 390%2026-10-04 (Provisional)10 flights ・ Avg delay when late +216minOn time 9 ・ Delayed 1100%2026-10-05 (Provisional)5 flightsOn time 5 ・ Delayed 0

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Line = on-time departure rate (left axis); bars = flights operated (right axis), stacked as on-time and delayed. Hover (or tap) a point for the breakdown and the average delay of delayed flights. The green band marks 90% on-time departures and above. Dashed segments and pale bars are provisional, before the actuals are final.

Weekly · Last 12 weeks (from Monday)

On-time departureOn timeDelayed

60%70%80%90%100%0100 100%66.2%81%Week of 2026-07-2063 flights ・ Avg delay when late +148minOn time 51 ・ Delayed 1276.1%Week of 2026-07-2767 flights ・ Avg delay when late +244minOn time 51 ・ Delayed 1684.3%Week of 2026-08-0370 flights ・ Avg delay when late +49minOn time 59 ・ Delayed 1192.8%Week of 2026-08-1069 flights ・ Avg delay when late +53minOn time 64 ・ Delayed 587.3%Week of 2026-08-1771 flights ・ Avg delay when late +154minOn time 62 ・ Delayed 985.7%Week of 2026-08-2470 flights ・ Avg delay when late +114minOn time 60 ・ Delayed 1081.4%Week of 2026-08-3170 flights ・ Avg delay when late +207minOn time 57 ・ Delayed 1386.1%Week of 2026-09-0772 flights ・ Avg delay when late +74minOn time 62 ・ Delayed 1084.3%Week of 2026-09-1470 flights ・ Avg delay when late +672minOn time 59 ・ Delayed 1166.7%Week of 2026-09-2169 flights ・ Avg delay when late +146minOn time 46 ・ Delayed 2366.2%Week of 2026-09-28 (Provisional)71 flights ・ Avg delay when late +223minOn time 47 ・ Delayed 24100%Week of 2026-10-05 (Provisional)5 flightsOn time 5 ・ Delayed 0

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Monthly · Last 12 months

On-time departureOn timeDelayed

70%80%90%0500 74.5%82.1%2026-07179 flights ・ Avg delay when late +166minOn time 147 ・ Delayed 3286.1%2026-08310 flights ・ Avg delay when late +104minOn time 267 ・ Delayed 4377.7%2026-09300 flights ・ Avg delay when late +261minOn time 233 ・ Delayed 6774.5%2026-10 (Provisional)47 flights ・ Avg delay when late +132minOn time 35 ・ Delayed 12

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“Provisional” values are preliminary. The last 2 days are still being corrected, so they may change slightly.

By route

Last 24 months

Most punctual

	Dep	n	Arr
Tokyo Haneda→John F. Kennedy HND-JFK	85.3%	n=68	77.9%
Tokyo Haneda→Los Angeles HND-LAX	84.2%	n=146	79.5%
Narita→Dallas Fort Worth NRT-DFW	83.3%	n=72	79.2%
Los Angeles→Tokyo Haneda LAX-HND	83.0%	n=147	79.6%

Least punctual

	Dep	n	Arr
Dallas Fort Worth→Narita DFW-NRT	72.6%	n=73	63.0%
Tokyo Haneda→Dallas Fort Worth HND-DFW	76.1%	n=71	62.0%
John F. Kennedy→Tokyo Haneda JFK-HND	77.1%	n=70	77.1%
Dallas Fort Worth→Tokyo Haneda DFW-HND	78.9%	n=71	70.4%

Routes flown

Routes not in the ranking above, ordered by flights in the last 28 days. The route pages show every airline's record.

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Domestic / International

	On-time departure		Avg delay when late	n
Domestic	—	Collecting data	—	n=3
International		75.7%	+250min	n=263

Avg delay when late counts only flights that departed more than 15 minutes behind schedule

By aircraft type

	On-time departure		Avg delay when late	n
Wide-body
B787		79.9%	+317min	n=159
B777		69.2%	+177min	n=104
Narrow-body
B737	—	Collecting data	—	n=3

Avg delay when late counts only flights that departed more than 15 minutes behind schedule / Variants of the same type (B788, B789, B78X and so on) are grouped into one row.

By departure time

	On-time departure		Avg delay when late	n
0:00-3:00		69.2%	+459min	n=26
9:00-12:00		71.6%	+263min	n=102
12:00-15:00		80.6%	+409min	n=31
15:00-18:00		77.4%	+128min	n=53
18:00-21:00		84.9%	+82min	n=53
21:00-24:00	—	Collecting data	—	n=1

Avg delay when late counts only flights that departed more than 15 minutes behind schedule

By day of week Last 24 months

Mon

Dep

88.7%n=97

Arr

80.4%n=97

Tue

Dep

80.8%n=99

Arr

74.5%n=98

Wed

Dep

78%n=100

Arr

67%n=100

Thu

Dep

82%n=111

Arr

78.2%n=110

Fri

Dep

82%n=111

Arr

75.7%n=111

Sat

Dep

74.8%n=111

Arr

73.9%n=111

Sun

Dep

81.4%n=97

Arr

73.2%n=97

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Updated: 2026-10-06 / Last 28 days