Flight profile · American Airlines
AA1853
West Palm Beach (PBI) to Charlotte (CLT) · scheduled 10:25 AM – 12:30 PM
How AA1853 performs
443 operations, 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30.
AA1853 arrived on time 91.1% of the time, against 80.9% for all PBI → CLT flights — this specific departure is 10.2 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 10.2 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 443 operations between 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA1853 | 91.1% | 0.68% | -10 min | 2.5% | 443 |
| American Airlines on PBI → CLT | 80.9% | 1.43% | -7 min | 7.9% | 5,868 |
| All PBI → CLT flights | 80.9% | 1.43% | -7 min | 7.9% | 5,868 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA1853 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→ORD Las Vegas to Chicago | 2026-04-07 – 2026-05-22 | 46 | — |
| DCA→LAS Washington to Las Vegas | 2025-11-02 – 2026-04-06 | 132 | 90.6% |
| DFW→MIA Dallas–Fort Worth to Miami | 2026-02-12 – 2026-03-06 | 23 | — |
| DFW→LBB Dallas–Fort Worth to Lubbock | 2025-10-06 – 2025-11-01 | 27 | — |
| LAX→ORD Los Angeles to Chicago | 2025-09-03 – 2025-10-05 | 33 | — |
| STL→LAX St. Louis to Los Angeles | 2025-06-05 – 2025-06-05 | 1 | — |
| CLT→PBI Charlotte to West Palm Beach | 2023-11-05 – 2025-06-04 | 305 | 92.1% |
| DFW→LAS Dallas–Fort Worth to Las Vegas | 2023-07-01 – 2024-11-04 | 189 | 86.2% |
| LAS→DFW Las Vegas to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2023-07-01 – 2024-10-06 | 312 | 71.9% |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA1853 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why AA1853 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — 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
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for AA1853 on PBI → CLT. 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 PBI → CLT
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA2208 | American Airlines | 69.9% | 1 min early | 612 |
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 443 records of AA1853 operating PBI → 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.