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AA1038

Charlotte (CLT) to Chicago (ORD) · scheduled 9:20 AM – 10:45 AM

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How AA1038 performs

333 operations, 2024-04-04 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
85.5%
277 of 324 completed
Cancellation rate
2.40%
8 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-12 min
Average -2.8 min
Severe delays
4.6%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
59 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
84.9%
Left the gate on time

AA1038 arrived on time 85.5% of the time, against 74.3% for all CLTORD flights — this specific departure is 11.2 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 11.8 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 333 operations between 2024-04-04 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA103885.5%2.40%-12 min4.6%333
American Airlines on CLTORD73.7%1.60%-4 min9.8%9,261
All CLTORD flights74.3%1.61%-5 min9.8%13,352

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-04-04 to 2026-06-30

Other routes AA1038 has flown

A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.

RouteOperatedFlightsOn time
ORDPHX Chicago to Phoenix2026-04-072026-05-2044
PHXLAX Phoenix to Los Angeles2026-02-122026-04-0654
CLTVPS Charlotte to Valparaiso2025-11-022025-12-0230
ORDCLT Chicago to Charlotte2024-05-062025-11-0120883.9%
CLTEWR Charlotte to Newark2024-11-052025-03-2913758.1%
EWRCLT Newark to Charlotte2024-11-072025-03-2911357.7%
CLTIND Charlotte to Indianapolis2024-12-312024-12-311
PWMCLT Portland to Charlotte2024-02-152024-04-0349
PHLSAV Philadelphia to Savannah2023-10-052023-11-0429
SAVPHL Savannah to Philadelphia2023-10-052023-11-0429
ICTDFW Wichita to Dallas–Fort Worth2023-07-012023-10-0387

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA1038 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 333 records of AA1038 operating CLTORD, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.

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