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AA2642

West Palm Beach (PBI) to Philadelphia (PHL) · scheduled 7:00 AM – 9:41 AM

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How AA2642 performs

853 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
87.0%
722 of 830 completed
Cancellation rate
2.46%
21 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-8 min
Average 7.7 min
Severe delays
4.9%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
129 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
88.1%
Left the gate on time

AA2642 arrived on time 87.0% of the time, against 74.1% for all PBIPHL flights — this specific departure is 12.9 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 10.9 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 853 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA264287.0%2.46%-8 min4.9%853
American Airlines on PBIPHL76.0%1.85%-5 min10.4%3,737
All PBIPHL flights74.1%1.93%-4 min11.8%4,824

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

By day of week

Does AA2642 run worse on particular days?

Monday89.1%
Tuesday93.1%
Wednesday
Thursday86.7%
Friday85.0%
Saturday
Sunday86.4%

Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Friday the least, a gap of 8.1 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 AA2642 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
RDUCLT Raleigh–Durham to Charlotte2026-04-072026-05-2043
CLTRDU Charlotte to Raleigh–Durham2026-04-082026-05-2036
DFWMIA Dallas–Fort Worth to Miami2024-12-192025-03-2910064.6%
CLTPHX Charlotte to Phoenix2024-12-052024-12-1814
MYRCLT Myrtle Beach to Charlotte2024-11-052024-12-0426
CLTMIA Charlotte to Miami2023-10-282023-10-281
TULDFW Tulsa to Dallas–Fort Worth2023-10-052023-10-051

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA2642 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 853 records of AA2642 operating PBIPHL, 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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