Flight profile · American Airlines
AA1297
Kansas City (MCI) to Charlotte (CLT) · scheduled 5:00 AM – 8:25 AM
How AA1297 performs
164 operations, 2025-06-05 to 2026-06-30.
AA1297 arrived on time 94.4% of the time, against 78.2% for all MCI → CLT flights — this specific departure is 16.2 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 16.3 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 164 operations between 2025-06-05 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA1297 | 94.4% | 1.83% | -13 min | 4.3% | 164 |
| American Airlines on MCI → CLT | 78.1% | 1.47% | -5 min | 7.8% | 3,885 |
| All MCI → CLT flights | 78.2% | 1.50% | -5 min | 7.7% | 3,935 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-06-05 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA1297 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAS→MIA Las Vegas to Miami | 2024-02-15 – 2026-05-20 | 186 | 84.7% |
| CLT→DTW Charlotte to Detroit | 2023-07-01 – 2026-04-06 | 456 | 61.2% |
| DTW→CLT Detroit to Charlotte | 2023-07-01 – 2026-04-06 | 352 | 60.2% |
| MIA→LAX Miami to Los Angeles | 2025-12-17 – 2025-12-17 | 1 | — |
| BGR→ORD Bangor to Chicago | 2025-10-06 – 2025-10-06 | 1 | — |
| PHL→DFW Philadelphia to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2023-11-05 – 2025-03-29 | 225 | 80.5% |
| TUL→DFW Tulsa to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2023-12-21 – 2024-01-07 | 18 | — |
| PHX→CVG Phoenix to Cincinnati / Covington | 2023-09-06 – 2023-10-04 | 29 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA1297 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 164 records of AA1297 operating MCI → 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.