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AA561

Phoenix (PHX) to Portland (PDX) · scheduled 8:20 PM – 11:03 PM

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How AA561 performs

727 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
76.9%
558 of 726 completed
Cancellation rate
0.14%
1 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-3 min
Average 13.1 min
Severe delays
8.7%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
79 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
76.7%
Left the gate on time

AA561 arrived on time 76.9% of the time, against 81.2% for all PHXPDX flights — this specific departure is 4.3 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 3.2 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 727 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA56176.9%0.14%-3 min8.7%727
American Airlines on PHXPDX80.1%0.28%-6 min8.4%2,893
All PHXPDX flights81.2%0.48%-4 min5.4%11,447

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Other routes AA561 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
SFODFW San Francisco to Dallas–Fort Worth2025-12-032026-04-0683
SEAORD Seattle to Chicago2026-02-032026-02-114

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA561 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 727 records of AA561 operating PHXPDX, 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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