Flight profile · American Airlines
AA612
Charlotte (CLT) to Orlando (MCO) · scheduled 6:00 PM – 8:24 PM
How AA612 performs
528 operations, 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30.
AA612 arrived on time 64.3% of the time, against 71.5% for all CLT → MCO flights — this specific departure is 7.2 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 7.9 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 528 operations between 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA612 | 64.3% | 1.52% | 3 min | 14.5% | 528 |
| American Airlines on CLT → MCO | 72.2% | 1.53% | -2 min | 10.9% | 11,854 |
| All CLT → MCO flights | 71.5% | 1.74% | -2 min | 11.5% | 15,556 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA612 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SJC→BOS San Jose to Boston | 2026-02-09 – 2026-02-09 | 1 | — |
| BOS→SJC Boston to San Jose | 2026-02-05 – 2026-02-07 | 3 | — |
| PHX→MIA Phoenix to Miami | 2025-12-18 – 2026-01-05 | 19 | — |
| SRQ→ORD Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago | 2025-11-02 – 2025-12-02 | 21 | — |
| AUS→DFW Austin to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2024-04-04 – 2024-11-04 | 215 | 82.6% |
| PHX→ATL Phoenix to Atlanta | 2023-12-07 – 2023-12-18 | 8 | — |
| MIA→BOS Miami to Boston | 2023-10-05 – 2023-11-04 | 31 | — |
| ELP→DFW El Paso to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2023-09-06 – 2023-10-04 | 29 | — |
| LAX→MCO Los Angeles to Orlando | 2023-07-02 – 2023-09-05 | 60 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA612 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.
80 min late
against a median of 3 min late
AA612 is a flight whose average understates its risk: a typical day arrives 3 min late, but the worst tenth of days are 77 minutes worse than that. If the day has something unmissable in it, the median is the wrong number to plan against.
Percentiles over 528 operations. Cancelled and diverted flights have no arrival time and are counted separately rather than as very late arrivals.
Why AA612 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s 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 AA612 on CLT → MCO. 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 → MCO
Same airports, same journey — and not the same odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA1879 | American Airlines | 62.5% | 4 min late | 1,028 |
| AA1682 | American Airlines | 58.5% | 9 min late | 689 |
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 528 records of AA612 operating CLT → MCO, 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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