Flight profile · American Airlines
AA238
Los Angeles (LAX) to New York (JFK) · scheduled 6:00 AM – 7:00 PM
How AA238 performs
999 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
AA238 arrived on time 78.9% of the time, against 80.1% for all LAX → JFK flights — this specific departure is 1.2 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 1.8 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 999 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA238 | 78.9% | 0.30% | -11 min | 8.1% | 999 |
| American Airlines on LAX → JFK | 80.8% | 1.15% | -12 min | 8.6% | 9,774 |
| All LAX → JFK flights | 80.1% | 1.08% | -11 min | 8.1% | 30,234 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does AA238 run worse on particular days?
Monday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 11.6 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Other routes AA238 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 AA238 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 999 records of AA238 operating LAX → JFK, 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.