Flight number record
AA 118
American Airlines · Los Angeles to New York
- Route
- LAX → JFK
- Departs
- 06:00
- Flights
- 365
- Period
- September 2025 to August 2026
Historical statistics for September 2025 to August 2026, not live status. For today’s AA 118, check with American Airlines.
AA 118 lands a B−, 6 points better than the national rate of 77.3%. About one flight in six arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by an hour and a half on average. That rests on 365 flights, with a median arrival 13 minutes early.
Set against the rest of the country, AA 118's record is 6 points better than the US average of 77.3%. That gap is worth roughly 63 fewer late arrivals for every thousand flights.
Key figures
On time
83.6%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 348 completed flights
Avg delay
90 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
3.29%
National rate is 1.89%
1 hour+ late
6.3%
National rate is 8.3%
These figures cover 365 flights between September 2025 and August 2026. The median arrival is 13 minutes early, which is the part an average hides: most flights here are fine, and the on-time rate is decided by a tail of badly late ones. On-time means under 15 minutes late, the DOT's own threshold.
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Schedule
When AA 118 flies
AA 118 flies LAX to JFK without a single fixed slot. Its most common scheduled departure was 06:00, used on 215 of 365 flights, with 06:05 (88 flights) and 06:15 (37 flights) next.
- Departs 06:00215 flights58.9%
- Departs 06:0588 flights24.1%
- Departs 06:1537 flights10.1%
Scale runs 0% to 100%.
Share of scheduled departures at each local time. Times used on fewer than one flight in ten are not listed.
A 06:00 departure sits in the 5am–8am window. Across every US flight scheduled in that window the on-time rate is 89.3%, and AA 118 runs 6 points worse at 83.6%. Early departures usually start with an aircraft that has not flown yet that day, which is most of why the window does well.
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Against the route
AA 118 next to LAX to JFK
Every carrier on LAX to JFK combined arrived on time 77.5% of the time across 10,289 flights, so AA 118 is 6 points ahead of it. American flew 3,303 flights on the same city pair under all its flight numbers, including this one, and those ran 74.9% on time. Across its whole network American Airlines managed 74.7%, which this flight beats by 9 points.
| Compared with | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA 118 | 365 | 83.6% | 90 min | 3.29% | B− |
| All American Airlines on LAX–JFK | 3,303 | 74.9% | 112 min | 2.66% | C |
| All carriers on LAX–JFK | 10,289 | 77.5% | 90 min | 2.90% | B |
| American Airlines, whole network | 988,892 | 74.7% | 85 min | 2.14% | C |
Across the year
AA 118 quarter by quarter
AA 118 did not run the same all year. Its best quarter was Apr–Jun 2026 at 86.7% on time and its weakest Jan–Mar 2026 at 76.2%, a swing of 11 points on roughly 91 flights a quarter. The twelve-month rate averages over that, so if you are flying in a weak quarter the quarter's own figure is the better guide.
- Jul–Sep 202530 flights—
- Oct–Dec 202592 flights82.8%
- Jan–Mar 202690 flights76.2%
- Apr–Jun 202691 flights86.7%
- Jul–Sep 202662 flights84.5%
Scale runs 70% to 90%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
By weekday, AA 118 ranged from 81.6% on Thursday to 88.0% on Tuesday. With about 52 flights behind each day, a spread of 6 points is inside normal variation, so the day you fly is not worth changing for this flight.
Arrival by arrival
How late AA 118 runs when it is late
AA 118 often beats the schedule: 160 of 348 completed flights, 46%, arrived 15 minutes or more early. The 57 late arrivals split 25 under half an hour, 10 between 30 and 60 minutes, and 22 an hour or more.
- 15+ min early160 flights46.0%
- Within 15 min131 flights37.6%
- 15–29 min late25 flights7.2%
- 30–59 min late10 flights2.9%
- 1–2 hours late12 flights3.4%
- 2+ hours late10 flights2.9%
Scale runs 0% to 100%.
Share of 348 completed flights by arrival against schedule.
10 of 38 late departures made up the time and arrived on time, 26% of them. In the other direction, 29 flights left on time yet arrived 15 minutes late or more, so that delay built up after pushback: in the air, in a holding pattern or on the ground at JFK.
The worst days
Worst days for AA 118
The latest arrival of the period was on 29 December 2025, 9 hours 9 minutes behind schedule; most of its delay minutes were filed as carrier-caused (crew, maintenance, fuelling, baggage). The same cause led on three of the five worst days.
| Date | Arrived late by | Largest filed cause |
|---|---|---|
| 29 December 2025 | 9 hours 9 minutes | Carrier |
| 21 May 2026 | 8 hours 32 minutes | Late-arriving aircraft |
| 24 February 2026 | 6 hours 42 minutes | National Airspace System |
| 1 December 2025 | 5 hours 52 minutes | Carrier |
| 31 May 2026 | 4 hours 38 minutes | Carrier |
Delay causes
Why AA 118 runs late
Carrier accounts for 64% of the 5,102 delay minutes carriers reported here, and the remaining four split what is left.
- 64%Carrier
- 25%National Airspace System
- 10%Late-arriving aircraft
- 0%Extreme weather
The largest share of delay minutes, 64%, falls under carrier control: crew scheduling, maintenance, fuelling, baggage. It accounts for 3,276 of the 5,102 delay minutes reported here. The split is drawn from 5,102 delay minutes reported on AA 118.
Cancellations run at 3.29%, against 1.89% nationally. That is about one flight in 30 cancelled outright. A cancelled flight is invisible in every on-time figure on this page, so the punctuality numbers above describe only the flights that actually operated.
Connections and routes
What a delay on this flight costs
6.3% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 8.3%, so a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last an hour and a half, which a normal layover absorbs.
At 2,475 miles this is transcontinental flying, and long routes get a quiet structural advantage. Scheduled block time on a flight this length carries more padding in absolute minutes, so a twenty-minute late departure often still becomes an on-time arrival. Read the on-time rate here as slightly flattering next to a short-haul route with the same operational quality.
Every one of the 365 flights under AA 118 in the data flew LAX to JFK. The number was not reused on any other city pair, which makes this a clean record of one route.
One caution: this is a thin sample. 365 flights over twelve months is enough to clear this site's floor but not enough to pin the rate down tightly, and a single bad week moves it by more than a point. Treat the grade as a rough reading.
What to do with this
Booking AA 118
For a booking, the cancellation rate is the figure to plan around on AA 118: 3.29% of its 365 scheduled flights did not operate. A late arrival costs an hour and a half, but a cancellation costs the day, so leave a later option open.
Related
Where to go next
- LAX to JFK, every carrier and departure
- JFK to LAX, the return direction
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- Delta Air Lines 960 on the same route83.1%
- American Airlines 307 on the same route74.6%
- Delta Air Lines 958 on the same route82.4%
- American Airlines 274 on the same route57.9%
- American Airlines 238 on the same route67.0%
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Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, September 2025 to August 2026. Last updated ; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.