Flight profile · American Airlines
AA1291
Austin (AUS) to Los Angeles (LAX) · scheduled 7:37 PM – 9:00 PM
How AA1291 performs
545 operations, 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30.
AA1291 arrived on time 69.7% of the time, against 80.2% for all AUS → LAX flights — this specific departure is 10.5 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 8.3 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 545 operations between 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA1291 | 69.7% | 0.73% | -3 min | 11.5% | 545 |
| American Airlines on AUS → LAX | 78.0% | 0.82% | -9 min | 9.2% | 2,551 |
| All AUS → LAX flights | 80.2% | 0.59% | -7 min | 6.7% | 12,451 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA1291 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DFW→IAD Dallas–Fort Worth to Washington | 2023-07-01 – 2026-04-06 | 505 | 64.6% |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA1291 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 545 records of AA1291 operating AUS → 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.