Flight number record
AA 28
American Airlines · Los Angeles to New York
- Route
- LAX → JFK
- Departs
- 15:15
- Flights
- 356
- Period
- September 2025 to August 2026
Historical statistics for September 2025 to August 2026, not live status. For today’s AA 28, check with American Airlines.
AA 28 lands a B, about a point worse than the national rate of 77.3%. About one flight in four arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by an hour and a half on average. That rests on 356 flights, with a median arrival 5 minutes early.
Key figures
On time
76.5%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 344 completed flights
Avg delay
91 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
2.53%
National rate is 1.89%
1 hour+ late
9.0%
National rate is 8.3%
These figures cover 356 flights between September 2025 and August 2026. Beyond the headline rate, 9.0% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 8.3% nationally.
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Schedule
When AA 28 flies
AA 28 flies LAX to JFK without a single fixed slot. Its most common scheduled departure was 15:15, used on 61 of 356 flights, with 22:30 (53 flights) and 23:10 (48 flights) next.
- Departs 15:1561 flights17.1%
- Departs 22:3053 flights14.9%
- Departs 23:1048 flights13.5%
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 15:15 departure sits in the 2pm–5pm window. Across every US flight scheduled in that window the on-time rate is 71.9%, and AA 28 runs 5 points better at 76.5%. Midday slots inherit some of the morning's delays without yet carrying the full weight of the evening's.
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Against the route
AA 28 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 28 is about level with 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 2 points.
| Compared with | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA 28thin sample | 356 | 76.5% | 91 min | 2.53% | 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 28 quarter by quarter
AA 28 did not run the same all year. Its best quarter was Apr–Jun 2026 at 88.9% on time and its weakest Jan–Mar 2026 at 61.5%, a swing of 27 points on roughly 89 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 202588 flights79.5%
- Jan–Mar 202685 flights61.5%
- Apr–Jun 202691 flights88.9%
- Jul–Sep 202662 flights71.2%
Scale runs 55% to 95%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
By weekday, AA 28 ranged from 71.2% on Friday to 81.2% on Thursday. With about 51 flights behind each day, a spread of 10 points is inside normal variation, so the day you fly is not worth changing for this flight.
Arrival by arrival
How late AA 28 runs when it is late
AA 28 often beats the schedule: 119 of 344 completed flights, 35%, arrived 15 minutes or more early. The 81 late arrivals split 20 under half an hour, 30 between 30 and 60 minutes, and 31 an hour or more.
- 15+ min early119 flights34.6%
- Within 15 min144 flights41.9%
- 15–29 min late20 flights5.8%
- 30–59 min late30 flights8.7%
- 1–2 hours late20 flights5.8%
- 2+ hours late11 flights3.2%
Scale runs 0% to 100%.
Share of 344 completed flights by arrival against schedule.
12 of 75 late departures made up the time and arrived on time, 16% of them. In the other direction, 18 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 28
The latest arrival of the period was on 19 March 2026, 14 hours 56 minutes behind schedule; most of its delay minutes were filed as carrier-caused (crew, maintenance, fuelling, baggage). The same cause led on four of the five worst days.
| Date | Arrived late by | Largest filed cause |
|---|---|---|
| 19 March 2026 | 14 hours 56 minutes | Carrier |
| 27 February 2026 | 9 hours 1 minute | Carrier |
| 13 March 2026 | 8 hours 53 minutes | Late-arriving aircraft |
| 24 October 2025 | 8 hours 15 minutes | Carrier |
| 4 February 2026 | 6 hours 31 minutes | Carrier |
Delay causes
Why AA 28 runs late
Carrier accounts for 51% of the 7,330 delay minutes carriers reported here, and the remaining four split what is left.
- 51%Carrier
- 33%Late-arriving aircraft
- 15%National Airspace System
- 2%Extreme weather
The largest share of delay minutes, 51%, falls under carrier control: crew scheduling, maintenance, fuelling, baggage. It accounts for 3,702 of the 7,330 delay minutes reported here. The split is drawn from 7,330 delay minutes reported on AA 28.
Cancellations run at 2.53%, against 1.89% nationally. That is about one flight in 40 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
9.0% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 8.3% nationally. Ninety minutes is the honest minimum for a connection here, and two hours if the onward flight is on a separate ticket.
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 356 flights under AA 28 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. 356 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 28
For a booking, the cancellation rate is the figure to plan around on AA 28: 2.53% of its 356 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
- Delta Air Lines 934 on the same route86.7%
- Delta Air Lines 960 on the same route83.1%
- American Airlines 118 on the same route83.6%
- 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%
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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.