Flight profile · American Airlines
AA2538
Tampa (TPA) to Charlotte (CLT) · scheduled 7:25 AM – 9:15 AM
How AA2538 performs
713 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
AA2538 arrived on time 92.1% of the time, against 79.4% for all TPA → CLT flights — this specific departure is 12.7 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 12.6 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 713 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA2538 | 92.1% | 2.81% | -14 min | 4.2% | 713 |
| American Airlines on TPA → CLT | 79.5% | 2.17% | -7 min | 7.9% | 9,864 |
| All TPA → CLT flights | 79.4% | 2.18% | -7 min | 8.1% | 10,663 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA2538 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOS→MIA Boston to Miami | 2023-11-05 – 2025-03-29 | 293 | 88.5% |
| AMA→DFW Amarillo to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2023-10-05 – 2023-11-04 | 30 | — |
| DFW→AMA Dallas–Fort Worth to Amarillo | 2023-10-05 – 2023-11-04 | 30 | — |
| ORD→BDL Chicago to Hartford | 2023-08-15 – 2023-10-04 | 50 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA2538 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 713 records of AA2538 operating TPA → 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.