Flight profile · American Airlines
AA3
New York (JFK) to Los Angeles (LAX) · scheduled 11:00 AM – 2:08 PM
How AA3 performs
1,046 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
AA3 arrived on time 88.7% of the time, against 80.0% for all JFK → LAX flights — this specific departure is 8.7 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 5.5 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 1,046 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA3 | 88.7% | 1.05% | -19 min | 4.9% | 1,046 |
| American Airlines on JFK → LAX | 83.2% | 1.06% | -16 min | 6.4% | 9,771 |
| All JFK → LAX flights | 80.0% | 1.00% | -11 min | 7.4% | 30,232 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does AA3 run worse on particular days?
Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 3.0 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 AA3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| JFK→LAS New York to Las Vegas | 2025-01-06 – 2025-01-06 | 1 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA3 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,046 records of AA3 operating JFK → LAX, 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.