Flight profile · American Airlines
AA961
Charlotte (CLT) to Omaha (OMA) · scheduled 10:50 PM – 12:34 AM
How AA961 performs
318 operations, 2024-02-15 to 2026-06-30.
AA961 arrived on time 70.3% of the time, against 76.3% for all CLT → OMA flights — this specific departure is 6.0 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 6.2 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 318 operations between 2024-02-15 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA961 | 70.3% | 0.31% | 0 min | 15.3% | 318 |
| American Airlines on CLT → OMA | 76.5% | 1.27% | -5 min | 9.3% | 2,435 |
| All CLT → OMA flights | 76.3% | 1.40% | -5 min | 9.2% | 2,714 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-02-15 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA961 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OMA→CLT Omaha to Charlotte | 2026-04-07 – 2026-05-20 | 44 | — |
| BZN→ORD Bozeman to Chicago | 2026-03-08 – 2026-04-06 | 30 | — |
| DFW→PHX Dallas–Fort Worth to Phoenix | 2026-02-12 – 2026-03-07 | 24 | — |
| PBI→DCA West Palm Beach to Washington | 2026-01-06 – 2026-02-11 | 37 | — |
| BOS→LAX Boston to Los Angeles | 2025-12-18 – 2026-01-05 | 17 | — |
| ORD→JFK Chicago to New York | 2025-12-03 – 2025-12-17 | 15 | — |
| CMH→PHX Columbus to Phoenix | 2025-11-30 – 2025-11-30 | 1 | — |
| ORD→SAV Chicago to Savannah | 2025-11-26 – 2025-11-26 | 1 | — |
| ORD→AUS Chicago to Austin | 2025-11-02 – 2025-11-17 | 12 | — |
| TUS→PHX Tucson to Phoenix | 2025-05-06 – 2025-06-04 | 30 | — |
| PHX→CLT Phoenix to Charlotte | 2024-11-05 – 2025-03-29 | 126 | 96.8% |
| CLT→PHX Charlotte to Phoenix | 2024-12-19 – 2025-01-06 | 19 | — |
| CVG→DFW Cincinnati / Covington to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2023-07-05 – 2024-11-04 | 333 | 79.1% |
| ILM→CLT Wilmington to Charlotte | 2024-01-08 – 2024-02-14 | 38 | — |
| SAT→CLT San Antonio to Charlotte | 2023-12-20 – 2024-01-07 | 19 | — |
| CLT→FLL Charlotte to Fort Lauderdale | 2023-12-05 – 2023-12-19 | 15 | — |
| FLL→CLT Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte | 2023-12-05 – 2023-12-19 | 15 | — |
| CLE→CLT Cleveland to Charlotte | 2023-11-05 – 2023-12-04 | 22 | — |
| CLT→CLE Charlotte to Cleveland | 2023-11-05 – 2023-12-04 | 21 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA961 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why AA961 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
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for AA961 on CLT → OMA. 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 318 records of AA961 operating CLT → OMA, 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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