Flight profile · American Airlines
AA683
Raleigh–Durham (RDU) to Charlotte (CLT) · scheduled 7:00 AM – 8:08 AM
How AA683 performs
753 operations, July 2023 – August 2026.
Between its first and last recorded date on RDU → CLT, AA683 averaged about 5 operations a week (753 in 1,157 days, cancelled ones included).
AA683 arrived on time 78.6% of the time, level with the 78.8% for all RDU → CLT flights: on arrival punctuality it is a typical departure on this route, neither better nor worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 753 operations, July 2023 – August 2026 · If AA683 is cancelled or significantly changed, DOT’s automatic refund rule may entitle you to your money back. The refund checker walks through eligibility.
Where AA683 is right now
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Against the rest of the route
| Flight or route | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA683 | 78.6% | 1.99% | -2 min | 6.1% | 753 |
| American Airlines on RDU → CLT | 78.8% | 1.53% | -6 min | 7.5% | 10,616 |
| All RDU → CLT flights | 78.8% | 1.54% | -6 min | 7.5% | 10,650 |
AA683 cancelled 15 of 753 operations (1.99%), close to the 1.54% for RDU → CLT.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026
Why AA683 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
screening or terminal security incidents
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for AA683 on RDU → CLT. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – August 2026
Does a late aircraft delay this flight?
How often the plane that flies AA683 comes in late, and what that does to the departure.
AA683 is usually the aircraft’s first flight of the day: the schedule gives it a median of 9 hours on the ground at RDU, so its “inbound” is mostly the aircraft’s arrival the evening before.
When the aircraft came in 15 or more minutes late, AA683 pushed back an average of 21 minutes late; when it came in on time or early, an average of 5 minutes late.
Matched by tail number to the aircraft’s previous flight into RDU: 684 of 738 departures. Unknown, cancelled or diverted inbounds and gaps over 12 hours are left out.
Against the network at the same turn length
| Share of departures | Inbound landed 15+ late | Left 15+ late after a late inbound | Left 15+ late after an on-time inbound |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA683 | 36% | 15% | 8% |
| Network, same turn | 29% | 12% | 9% |
A night on the ground usually absorbs a late arrival, but this flight has passed a late inbound on more often than the network does.
The network row is every flight with a scheduled turn of 6 hours or more, usually overnight. How often AA683’s aircraft landed 15 or more minutes late is higher than the network’s and, once the aircraft was late, how often AA683 left 15 or more minutes late is higher than the network’s.
Which Flight Numbers Pay for a Late Aircraft ranks the flight numbers that pass a late aircraft on.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – August 2026
From pushback to gate
When it leaves RDU late, does that still matter by the time it reaches CLT?
On arrival at CLT, AA683 spends 8.0 min taxiing from touchdown to the gate — ground time a connecting passenger sits through before they can even leave the aircraft, on top of however late the flight itself ran. That is 4.9 minutes shorter than a typical CLT arrival (12.8 min).
Taxi-out is gate to wheels up and sits inside the scheduled block; the hourly comparison is 17,071 RDU departures. Taxi-in is landing to gate, set against 633,359 arrivals at CLT. More on taxi time.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026
The hour it leaves RDU
AA683 has one departure time, 7:00 AM, so this is what that hour at RDU is worth.
On-time arrival rate. 17,071 departures from RDU are scheduled in the 7 AM–8 AM hour over the period, against 184,584 across the whole day.
AA683 is scheduled out of RDU at 7:00 AM, in the 7 AM–8 AM bank. Departures from RDU in that hour arrive on time 87.1% of the time against 79.3% across the airport’s whole day — the slot alone is worth 7.7 points better before anything about this particular flight is considered.
Both airport figures cover every destination from RDU, so they describe the slot, not this journey; the route comparison is above. Why the hour matters.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – August 2026 · Hours below 120 departures are not scored.
Other routes AA683 has flown
Carriers reassign flight numbers. AA683 also served these 3 other city pairs in the period.
The figures above describe only RDU → CLT, the route AA683 flies now.
When it goes wrong
The average describes a usual day. This is the day that ruins a connection.
28 min late
against a median of 2 min early
Percentiles over 753 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – August 2026
Other flights on this route
Same airports, same journey, different odds of arriving on time.
| Flight | Airline | On time | Median arrival | Operations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA580 | American Airlines | 94.5% | 21 min early | 610 |
| AA1895 | American Airlines | 88.8% | 8 min early | 902 |
| AA2688 | American Airlines | 84.3% | 6 min early | 814 |
| AA1906 | American Airlines | 79.1% | 1 min late | 922 |
| AA683 this flight | American Airlines | 78.6% | 2 min early | 753 |
| AA1897 | American Airlines | 78.3% | 7 min early | 844 |
| AA2704 | American Airlines | 66.9% | 2 min late | 874 |
| AA1904 | American Airlines | 66.1% | 0 min early | 849 |
| AA1894 | American Airlines | 63.2% | 3 min late | 996 |
Among the 9 departures listed, AA683 has the 5th highest on-time rate, 15.9 points behind the best. Every departure here has at least 600 operations; the other rows are the most punctual on the route, not all of them.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 753 records of AA683 operating RDU → 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 reported separately, not in the on-time rate.
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