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AA2601

Raleigh–Durham (RDU) to Phoenix (PHX) · scheduled 7:00 AM – 9:05 AM

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How AA2601 performs

302 operations, 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
88.0%
265 of 301 completed
Cancellation rate
0.00%
0 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-11 min
Average -3.0 min
Severe delays
4.0%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
73 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
91.1%
Left the gate on time

AA2601 arrived on time 88.0% of the time, against 82.1% for all RDUPHX flights — this specific departure is 6.0 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 3.3 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 302 operations between 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA260188.0%0.00%-11 min4.0%302
American Airlines on RDUPHX84.7%0.65%-6 min5.2%1,227
All RDUPHX flights82.1%0.64%-5 min4.6%1,872

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30

Other routes AA2601 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.

RouteOperatedFlightsOn time
PHXDEN Phoenix to Denver2023-07-012026-04-0626870.0%
MCOPHX Orlando to Phoenix2024-12-052024-12-168
PDXPHX Portland to Phoenix2024-11-052024-12-0430
CLTAVL Charlotte to Asheville2024-09-062024-10-3138
AVLCLT Asheville to Charlotte2024-09-062024-10-2837
MSYCLT New Orleans to Charlotte2024-07-072024-07-071
PHLAUS Philadelphia to Austin2024-07-042024-07-041
DABCLT Daytona Beach to Charlotte2024-06-052024-06-051
FLLDFW Fort Lauderdale to Dallas–Fort Worth2024-05-072024-06-0429
PHLMIA Philadelphia to Miami2023-11-052024-03-313
EWRORD Newark to Chicago2024-02-162024-03-0418
LASPHL Las Vegas to Philadelphia2024-02-122024-02-121
LAXAUS Los Angeles to Austin2023-12-202024-01-0719
EYWDFW Key West to Dallas–Fort Worth2023-12-052023-12-1915
CLTTPA Charlotte to Tampa2023-11-262023-11-261

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA2601 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 302 records of AA2601 operating RDUPHX, 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.

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