Flight profile · American Airlines
AA118
Los Angeles (LAX) to New York (JFK) · scheduled 6:00 AM – 3:29 PM
How AA118 performs
1,091 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
AA118 arrived on time 89.8% of the time, against 80.1% for all LAX → JFK flights — this specific departure is 9.7 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 9.0 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,091 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA118 | 89.8% | 1.37% | -18 min | 4.3% | 1,091 |
| American Airlines on LAX → JFK | 80.8% | 1.15% | -12 min | 8.6% | 9,774 |
| All LAX → JFK flights | 80.1% | 1.08% | -11 min | 8.1% | 30,234 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does AA118 run worse on particular days?
Sunday is historically the most reliable day and Monday the least, a gap of 7.7 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.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,091 records of AA118 operating LAX → JFK, 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.