Flight profile · American Airlines
AA2573
Charlotte (CLT) to Philadelphia (PHL) · scheduled 1:01 PM – 2:38 PM
How AA2573 performs
543 operations, 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30.
AA2573 arrived on time 79.4% of the time, against 72.7% for all CLT → PHL 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 4.8 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 543 operations between 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA2573 | 79.4% | 0.55% | -4 min | 5.2% | 543 |
| American Airlines on CLT → PHL | 74.6% | 1.84% | -3 min | 8.7% | 9,109 |
| All CLT → PHL flights | 72.7% | 2.15% | -2 min | 10.2% | 11,286 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA2573 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHL→CLT Philadelphia to Charlotte | 2026-04-07 – 2026-06-30 | 84 | — |
| DEN→CLT Denver to Charlotte | 2025-11-02 – 2026-04-06 | 150 | 86.8% |
| DRO→DFW Durango to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2025-10-06 – 2025-11-01 | 27 | — |
| DTW→PHL Detroit to Philadelphia | 2024-10-29 – 2024-10-29 | 1 | — |
| PHX→SFO Phoenix to San Francisco | 2024-06-05 – 2024-09-03 | 91 | 71.4% |
| MIA→DFW Miami to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2024-05-06 – 2024-06-04 | 30 | — |
| AUS→CLT Austin to Charlotte | 2023-07-01 – 2023-11-04 | 125 | 89.5% |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA2573 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why AA2573 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
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 AA2573 on CLT → PHL. 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 CLT → PHL
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA1648 | American Airlines | 65.1% | 0 min early | 827 |
| F91384 | Frontier Airlines | 61.1% | 3 min late | 739 |
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 543 records of AA2573 operating CLT → PHL, 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.