Flight profile · American Airlines
AA1846
Memphis (MEM) to Charlotte (CLT) · scheduled 7:00 AM – 10:09 AM
How AA1846 performs
1,042 operations, July 2023 – August 2026.
Between its first and last recorded date on MEM → CLT, AA1846 averaged about 6 operations a week (1,042 in 1,158 days, cancelled ones included).
AA1846 arrived on time 81.7% of the time, against 79.8% for all MEM → CLT flights, so this departure is 1.9 percentage points better than the route as a whole.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,042 operations, July 2023 – August 2026 · If AA1846 is cancelled or significantly changed, DOT’s automatic refund rule may entitle you to your money back. The refund checker walks through eligibility.
Where AA1846 is right now
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Against the rest of the route
| Flight or route | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA1846 | 81.7% | 2.21% | -6 min | 5.5% | 1,042 |
| American Airlines on MEM → CLT | 81.3% | 1.29% | -7 min | 7.0% | 5,128 |
| All MEM → CLT flights | 79.8% | 1.62% | -6 min | 7.6% | 5,940 |
AA1846 cancelled 23 of 1,042 operations (2.21%), above the 1.62% for MEM → CLT.
5.5% of AA1846’s arrivals were an hour or more late, against 7.6% across MEM → CLT, so the long delays are less common on this number than on the route.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026
Why AA1846 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for AA1846 on MEM → CLT. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – August 2026
Does a late aircraft delay this flight?
How often the plane that flies AA1846 comes in late, and what that does to the departure.
AA1846 is usually the aircraft’s first flight of the day: the schedule gives it a median of 9.7 hours on the ground at MEM, so its “inbound” is mostly the aircraft’s arrival the evening before.
When the aircraft came in 15 or more minutes late, AA1846 pushed back an average of 14 minutes late; when it came in on time or early, an average of 8 minutes late.
Matched by tail number to the aircraft’s previous flight into MEM: 826 of 1,020 departures. Unknown, cancelled or diverted inbounds and gaps over 12 hours are left out.
Against the network at the same turn length
| Share of departures | Inbound landed 15+ late | Left 15+ late after a late inbound | Left 15+ late after an on-time inbound |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA1846 | 39% | 13% | 12% |
| Network, same turn | 29% | 12% | 9% |
A night on the ground absorbs most of a late arrival, so a late inbound matters far less here than on a same-day turn.
The network row is every flight with a scheduled turn of 6 hours or more, usually overnight. How often AA1846’s aircraft landed 15 or more minutes late is higher than the network’s and, once the aircraft was late, how often AA1846 left 15 or more minutes late is about the same as the network’s.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – August 2026
From pushback to gate
When it leaves MEM late, does that still matter by the time it reaches CLT?
AA1846 pushes back an average of 18.3 minutes late and reaches the gate at CLT an average of 15.4 minutes late. The 2.9 minutes between those two figures are slack the published schedule already carries, so a late pushback is partly, not fully, made up before the gate. Its 16.7 minutes on the taxiways at MEM is about what any departure from the airport in that hour spends.
On arrival at CLT, AA1846 spends 14.7 min taxiing from touchdown to the gate — ground time a connecting passenger sits through before they can even leave the aircraft, on top of however late the flight itself ran. That is 1.9 minutes longer than a typical CLT arrival (12.8 min).
Taxi-out is gate to wheels up and sits inside the scheduled block; the hourly comparison is 8,808 MEM departures. Taxi-in is landing to gate, set against 633,359 arrivals at CLT. More on taxi time.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026
The hour it leaves MEM
AA1846 has one departure time, 7:00 AM, so this is what that hour at MEM is worth.
On-time arrival rate. 8,808 departures from MEM are scheduled in the 7 AM–8 AM hour over the period, against 74,899 across the whole day.
AA1846 is scheduled out of MEM at 7:00 AM, in the 7 AM–8 AM bank. Departures from MEM in that hour arrive on time 85.5% of the time against 81.1% across the airport’s whole day — the slot alone is worth 4.4 points better before anything about this particular flight is considered.
Both airport figures cover every destination from MEM, so they describe the slot, not this journey; the route comparison is above. Why the hour matters.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026 · Hours below 120 departures are not scored.
By day of week
Does AA1846 run worse on particular days?
Wednesday scored highest and Monday lowest, 6.4 points apart, but with about 149 operations per scored day that is within what chance alone produces, so no day stands out.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Other routes AA1846 has flown
Carriers reassign flight numbers. AA1846 also served these 5 other city pairs in the period.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHL→RDU Philadelphia to Raleigh–Durham | July 2, 2026 – August 4, 2026 | 34 | — |
| RDU→PHL Raleigh–Durham to Philadelphia | July 2, 2026 – August 4, 2026 | 34 | — |
| TPA→DFW Tampa to Dallas–Fort Worth | May 21, 2026 – July 1, 2026 | 42 | — |
| MEM→MIA Memphis to Miami | January 7, 2025 | 1 | — |
| DTW→PHL Detroit to Philadelphia | May 7, 2024 – June 4, 2024 | 29 | — |
The figures above describe only MEM → CLT, the route AA1846 flies now.
When it goes wrong
The average describes a usual day. This is the day that ruins a connection.
30 min late
against a median of 6 min early
Percentiles over 1,042 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – August 2026
Other flights on this route
Same airports, same journey, different odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA978 | American Airlines | 87.9% | 11 min early | 611 |
| AA1846 this flight | American Airlines | 81.7% | 6 min early | 1,042 |
Among all 2 departures on this route with at least 600 operations, AA1846 has the lowest on-time rate, 6.2 points behind the best. Every departure here has at least 600 operations; the other rows are the most punctual on the route, not all of them.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,042 records of AA1846 operating MEM → 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 reported separately, not in the on-time rate.
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