Does the AA website list the on time %'s for a particular flight?
Feb 18, 2006, 4:57 pm
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Does the AA website list the on time %'s for a particular flight?
I am trying to plan an itinerary and what to know the history of a particular flight for its on-time depatures/arrivals.....does the AA website list these statistics anywhere on it's site?
Feb 18, 2006, 5:29 pm
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Using the straight in aa.com booking, I don't think so - though if you posted which flight you were looking at, someone here might be able to come up with the on-time percentage.
Feb 18, 2006, 6:30 pm
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Originally Posted by JDiver
Using the straight in aa.com booking, I don't think so - though if you posted which flight you were looking at, someone here might be able to come up with the on-time percentage.
either
1661 or 1587
Thanks....
Feb 18, 2006, 7:24 pm
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Planning for 2008 already, david4455? 
Feb 18, 2006, 7:39 pm
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AA's first three flights on that run feature a blazing 60 - 69% on time rate. All the others vary within the envelope shown by your two proposed flights.
AA 1661 - 40 - 49%
AA 1587 - 50 - 59%
courtesy of OAG.
Not brilliant!
AA 1661 - 40 - 49%
AA 1587 - 50 - 59%
courtesy of OAG.
Not brilliant!
Feb 18, 2006, 8:02 pm
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They used to post it on AA.com, but no longer do. If you do a booking on Expedia (and perhaps the other online agencies as well, but I'm not sure), they post the ontime percentages. All airlines are required to tell you the on time percentage of a particular flight if you request it. Just call and ask if you really want to know. However, new flight numbers will not have the on time information for a certain period of time. Can't remember what it is.
Feb 18, 2006, 10:58 pm
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I recommend looking up your flight of interest on flightaware.com. If you register for the site (which is free) you can look back about three months for any given flight -- it will give you the exact time the flight went airborne and exact time it landed. Much more accurate than anything an airline will give you. (If you don't register, I think you can only look back one month.)
Feb 19, 2006, 1:32 am
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Originally Posted by flyastrojets
They used to post it on AA.com, but no longer do.
Feb 19, 2006, 6:34 am
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Originally Posted by oklAAhoma
When did that feature disappear? I swear it was there not too long ago. (Though it darn sure wasn't when I looked earlier this evening.)
Feb 19, 2006, 7:54 am
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Originally Posted by vasantn
Planning for 2008 already, david4455?
Feb 19, 2006, 9:03 am
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I believe they stopped showing the on-time arrival % on the last re-vamp of the site, when they began to show the booking fare class--We regularly travel on a flight out of JFK that had a 30% record--I wouldn't want to post that if I didn't have to either!
Feb 19, 2006, 10:34 am
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Originally Posted by belleNY
I believe they stopped showing the on-time arrival % on the last re-vamp of the site, when they began to show the booking fare class--We regularly travel on a flight out of JFK that had a 30% record--I wouldn't want to post that if I didn't have to either!
And I thought that some of the OKC flights with 50-60% records were bad.
Feb 19, 2006, 12:53 pm
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Originally Posted by oklAAhoma
30%?!
And I thought that some of the OKC flights with 50-60% records were bad.
And I thought that some of the OKC flights with 50-60% records were bad.
Feb 19, 2006, 1:03 pm
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IIRC the rule is more than 15 minutes late is considered "late."
The percentages are pretty meaningless, though. Airlines can--and do--set the scheduled time to anything they want, in order to make the on-time arrival rate look better when they need to. To me, a much more interesting metric would be on-time departure percentage. It's much harder to fake that one.
The percentages are pretty meaningless, though. Airlines can--and do--set the scheduled time to anything they want, in order to make the on-time arrival rate look better when they need to. To me, a much more interesting metric would be on-time departure percentage. It's much harder to fake that one.
Feb 19, 2006, 1:20 pm
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Originally Posted by justageek
I recommend looking up your flight of interest on flightaware.com. If you register for the site (which is free) you can look back about three months for any given flight -- it will give you the exact time the flight went airborne and exact time it landed. Much more accurate than anything an airline will give you. (If you don't register, I think you can only look back one month.)