Flight profile · American Airlines
AA171
New York (JFK) to Los Angeles (LAX) · scheduled 6:00 AM – 9:29 AM
How AA171 performs
779 operations, 2023-10-05 to 2026-06-30.
AA171 arrived on time 86.8% of the time, against 80.0% for all JFK → LAX flights — this specific departure is 6.7 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 3.6 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 779 operations between 2023-10-05 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA171 | 86.8% | 0.90% | -14 min | 2.9% | 779 |
| 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 · 2023-10-05 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA171 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.
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA171 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why AA171 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for AA171 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 |
| 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 |
| B6323 | JetBlue | 83.0% | 14 min early | 870 |
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 779 records of AA171 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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