Flight profile · American Airlines
AA1266
New Orleans (MSY) to Charlotte (CLT) · scheduled 7:00 AM – 10:07 AM
How AA1266 performs
692 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
AA1266 arrived on time 90.0% of the time, against 81.2% for all MSY → CLT flights — this specific departure is 8.8 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 9.1 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 692 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA1266 | 90.0% | 2.02% | -8 min | 4.0% | 692 |
| American Airlines on MSY → CLT | 80.9% | 1.58% | -7 min | 7.6% | 5,183 |
| All MSY → CLT flights | 81.2% | 1.57% | -7 min | 7.5% | 5,486 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA1266 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OKC→DFW Oklahoma City to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2025-12-03 – 2026-04-06 | 85 | — |
| CLT→MYR Charlotte to Myrtle Beach | 2025-10-06 – 2025-12-02 | 57 | — |
| MYR→CLT Myrtle Beach to Charlotte | 2025-10-06 – 2025-12-02 | 57 | — |
| DFW→CVG Dallas–Fort Worth to Cincinnati / Covington | 2025-08-07 – 2025-09-01 | 16 | — |
| MYR→DFW Myrtle Beach to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2025-06-07 – 2025-08-02 | 9 | — |
| SAT→CLT San Antonio to Charlotte | 2025-01-07 – 2025-03-29 | 82 | — |
| EGE→DFW Eagle to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2024-12-19 – 2025-01-06 | 19 | — |
| DCA→RDU Washington to Raleigh–Durham | 2023-11-06 – 2023-12-04 | 24 | — |
| RDU→DCA Raleigh–Durham to Washington | 2023-11-06 – 2023-12-04 | 24 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA1266 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 692 records of AA1266 operating MSY → CLT, 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.