Flight profile · American Airlines
AA117
New York (JFK) to Los Angeles (LAX) · scheduled 8:00 PM – 11:11 PM
How AA117 performs
1,087 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
AA117 arrived on time 77.1% of the time, against 80.0% for all JFK → LAX flights — this specific departure is 2.9 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 6.1 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,087 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA117 | 77.1% | 1.20% | -10 min | 9.9% | 1,087 |
| American Airlines on JFK → LAX | 83.2% | 1.06% | -16 min | 6.4% | 9,771 |
| All JFK → LAX flights | 80.0% | 1.00% | -11 min | 7.4% | 30,232 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does AA117 run worse on particular days?
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 10.0 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Other routes AA117 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.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| JFK→LAS New York to Las Vegas | 2025-01-05 – 2025-01-06 | 2 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA117 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why AA117 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for AA117 on JFK → LAX. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Other departures on JFK → LAX
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B6123 | JetBlue | 91.1% | 18 min early | 861 |
| AA1 | American Airlines | 89.9% | 17 min early | 1,063 |
| AA3 | American Airlines | 88.7% | 19 min early | 1,046 |
| AA255 | American Airlines | 87.4% | 22 min early | 885 |
| AA171 | American Airlines | 86.8% | 14 min early | 779 |
| AA306 | American Airlines | 84.0% | 16 min early | 1,082 |
| B6723 | JetBlue | 83.4% | 14 min early | 821 |
| DL773 | Delta Air Lines | 83.0% | 8 min early | 1,058 |
Every departure listed carries at least 600 operations, so the comparison is between figures that mean something. Schedules change; confirm the departure still operates before booking around this.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,087 records of AA117 operating JFK → LAX, 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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