Flight profile · American Airlines
AA596
Charlotte (CLT) to Las Vegas (LAS) · scheduled 6:24 PM – 8:11 PM
How AA596 performs
341 operations, 2023-12-20 to 2026-06-30.
AA596 arrived on time 67.6% of the time, against 76.3% for all CLT → LAS flights — this specific departure is 8.8 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 8.7 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 341 operations between 2023-12-20 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA596 | 67.6% | 0.59% | 0 min | 14.2% | 341 |
| American Airlines on CLT → LAS | 76.3% | 0.94% | -5 min | 7.8% | 6,590 |
| All CLT → LAS flights | 76.3% | 1.07% | -4 min | 7.9% | 7,452 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-12-20 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA596 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHL→RSW Philadelphia to Fort Myers | 2024-12-19 – 2025-02-12 | 26 | — |
| PHX→SAN Phoenix to San Diego | 2024-12-05 – 2024-12-18 | 14 | — |
| SAN→PHX San Diego to Phoenix | 2024-12-05 – 2024-12-18 | 14 | — |
| PHL→CLT Philadelphia to Charlotte | 2023-07-01 – 2024-11-04 | 342 | 77.1% |
| LAS→CLT Las Vegas to Charlotte | 2023-11-05 – 2024-02-14 | 100 | 95.9% |
| ONT→CLT Ontario to Charlotte | 2023-11-23 – 2023-11-23 | 1 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA596 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.
76 min late
against a median of 0 min early
AA596 is a flight whose average understates its risk: a typical day arrives 0 min early, but the worst tenth of days are 76 minutes worse than that. If the day has something unmissable in it, the median is the wrong number to plan against.
Percentiles over 341 operations. Cancelled and diverted flights have no arrival time and are counted separately rather than as very late arrivals.
Why AA596 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
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 AA596 on CLT → LAS. 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 CLT → LAS
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA2470 | American Airlines | 83.7% | 12 min early | 802 |
| AA750 | American Airlines | 71.4% | 2 min early | 774 |
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 341 records of AA596 operating CLT → LAS, 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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