Flight profile · American Airlines
AA530
Syracuse (SYR) to Charlotte (CLT) · scheduled 6:00 AM – 8:25 AM
How AA530 performs
407 operations, 2023-11-05 to 2026-05-20.
AA530 arrived on time 84.1% of the time, against 77.3% for all SYR → CLT flights — this specific departure is 6.8 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 5.8 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 407 operations between 2023-11-05 to 2026-05-20
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA530 | 84.1% | 0.98% | -7 min | 4.0% | 407 |
| American Airlines on SYR → CLT | 78.3% | 1.20% | -4 min | 8.2% | 3,157 |
| All SYR → CLT flights | 77.3% | 1.27% | -3 min | 8.4% | 3,383 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-11-05 to 2026-05-20
Other routes AA530 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORD→PIT Chicago to Pittsburgh | 2025-10-06 – 2025-10-31 | 15 | — |
| DFW→RDM Dallas–Fort Worth to Redmond | 2024-05-06 – 2025-09-02 | 220 | 63.0% |
| RDM→DFW Redmond to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2024-05-06 – 2025-09-02 | 219 | 56.0% |
| PHL→MIA Philadelphia to Miami | 2024-10-07 – 2024-11-04 | 28 | — |
| DFW→ALB Dallas–Fort Worth to Albany | 2024-04-04 – 2024-05-05 | 32 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA530 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why AA530 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for AA530 on SYR → CLT. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Other departures on SYR → CLT
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA1235 | American Airlines | 84.9% | 4 min early | 685 |
Every departure listed carries at least 600 operations, so the comparison is between figures that mean something. Schedules change; confirm the departure still operates before booking around this.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 407 records of AA530 operating SYR → CLT, 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.