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AA2686

Charlotte (CLT) to St. Louis (STL) · scheduled 6:21 PM – 7:30 PM

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How AA2686 performs

512 operations, 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
71.6%
363 of 507 completed
Cancellation rate
0.98%
5 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-1 min
Average 15.7 min
Severe delays
10.5%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
70 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
72.2%
Left the gate on time

AA2686 arrived on time 71.6% of the time, against 75.7% for all CLTSTL flights — this specific departure is 4.1 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 3.1 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 512 operations between 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA268671.6%0.98%-1 min10.5%512
American Airlines on CLTSTL74.7%1.26%-3 min9.7%4,779
All CLTSTL flights75.7%1.18%-3 min9.0%5,848

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30

Other routes AA2686 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
RDUPHL Raleigh–Durham to Philadelphia2025-04-042026-05-2070
CLTGRR Charlotte to Grand Rapids2023-07-012026-04-0638763.3%
CLTRSW Charlotte to Fort Myers2025-11-022026-02-119770.7%

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA2686 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 512 records of AA2686 operating CLTSTL, 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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