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AA2871

Phoenix (PHX) to Pittsburgh (PIT) · scheduled 3:20 PM – 10:56 PM

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How AA2871 performs

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

On-time arrivals
80.2%
462 of 576 completed
Cancellation rate
0.34%
2 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-8 min
Average 5.8 min
Severe delays
8.0%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
80 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
78.8%
Left the gate on time

AA2871 arrived on time 80.2% of the time, against 77.1% for all PHXPIT flights — this specific departure is 3.1 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 2.3 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 581 operations between 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA287180.2%0.34%-8 min8.0%581
American Airlines on PHXPIT77.9%0.29%-7 min8.8%1,027
All PHXPIT flights77.1%0.27%-3 min7.7%2,210

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

Other routes AA2871 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
PHXGEG Phoenix to Spokane2025-11-022026-04-0615675.0%
GEGPHX Spokane to Phoenix2025-11-022026-04-0610677.4%
PHLBDL Philadelphia to Hartford2024-10-072024-11-0429
BOSDCA Boston to Washington2024-09-042024-10-0633
PHLPDX Philadelphia to Portland2024-08-072024-09-0224
PDXPHL Portland to Philadelphia2024-08-072024-09-0223
DFWSNA Dallas–Fort Worth to Santa Ana2024-06-052024-08-0561
DFWMCO Dallas–Fort Worth to Orlando2024-05-062024-06-0429
ORDLAX Chicago to Los Angeles2024-04-042024-05-0532
MIAATL Miami to Atlanta2023-08-152023-11-0478
ATLMIA Atlanta to Miami2023-08-152023-11-0453
CHSORD Charleston to Chicago2023-07-012023-08-127
ORDCHS Chicago to Charleston2023-07-012023-08-127

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA2871 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 581 records of AA2871 operating PHXPIT, 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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