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AA516

Denver (DEN) to Philadelphia (PHL) · scheduled 7:00 AM – 12:36 PM

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How AA516 performs

310 operations, 2023-11-05 to 2026-05-20.

On-time arrivals
90.2%
276 of 306 completed
Cancellation rate
1.29%
4 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-13 min
Average -7.1 min
Severe delays
2.6%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
62 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
90.8%
Left the gate on time

AA516 arrived on time 90.2% of the time, against 73.3% for all DENPHL flights — this specific departure is 16.9 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 12.5 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 310 operations between 2023-11-05 to 2026-05-20

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA51690.2%1.29%-13 min2.6%310
American Airlines on DENPHL77.7%1.91%-8 min8.8%2,517
All DENPHL flights73.3%1.16%-2 min9.0%8,968

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-11-05 to 2026-05-20

Other routes AA516 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
MIASTT Miami to Charlotte Amalie2025-06-072025-08-3013
STTMIA Charlotte Amalie to Miami2025-06-072025-08-3013
SANPHX San Diego to Phoenix2025-01-082025-02-1236
DFWALB Dallas–Fort Worth to Albany2024-11-072025-01-0647
ORDJFK Chicago to New York2024-09-042024-11-0462
LAXORD Los Angeles to Chicago2024-06-052024-08-0562
DFWLGA Dallas–Fort Worth to New York2024-05-092024-05-318
CLTAVL Charlotte to Asheville2023-10-052023-11-0328
MIAJFK Miami to New York2023-08-152023-09-0522
ORDLAX Chicago to Los Angeles2023-07-012023-08-1445

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA516 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 310 records of AA516 operating DENPHL, 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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