Flight profile · American Airlines
AA553
Phoenix (PHX) to Tampa (TPA) · scheduled 4:52 PM – 10:37 PM
How AA553 performs
352 operations, 2023-11-05 to 2026-05-20.
AA553 arrived on time 77.2% of the time, against 74.2% for all PHX → TPA flights — this specific departure is 3.0 percentage points better than the route as a whole.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 352 operations between 2023-11-05 to 2026-05-20
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA553 | 77.2% | 0.00% | -4 min | 7.1% | 352 |
| American Airlines on PHX → TPA | 77.7% | 0.94% | -3 min | 6.8% | 2,015 |
| All PHX → TPA flights | 74.2% | 0.89% | -1 min | 7.3% | 3,472 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-11-05 to 2026-05-20
Other routes AA553 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS→BOS Austin to Boston | 2024-06-05 – 2024-11-04 | 124 | 74.6% |
| MSY→CLT New Orleans to Charlotte | 2024-05-06 – 2024-06-04 | 28 | — |
| ORD→PBI Chicago to West Palm Beach | 2024-04-04 – 2024-05-05 | 31 | — |
| PBI→ORD West Palm Beach to Chicago | 2024-04-04 – 2024-05-05 | 31 | — |
| DFW→CLT Dallas–Fort Worth to Charlotte | 2023-07-01 – 2023-11-04 | 123 | 85.2% |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA553 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
When it goes wrong
The average describes a usual day. This is the day that ruins a connection.
48 min late
against a median of 4 min early
Percentiles over 352 operations. Cancelled and diverted flights have no arrival time and are counted separately rather than as very late arrivals.
Why AA553 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for AA553 on PHX → TPA. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 352 records of AA553 operating PHX → TPA, 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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