Flight profile · American Airlines
AA978
Memphis (MEM) to Charlotte (CLT) · scheduled 5:00 AM – 7:57 AM
How AA978 performs
566 operations, 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30.
AA978 arrived on time 88.3% of the time, against 80.3% for all MEM → CLT flights — this specific departure is 8.0 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 6.9 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 566 operations between 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA978 | 88.3% | 1.77% | -11 min | 4.5% | 566 |
| American Airlines on MEM → CLT | 81.4% | 1.32% | -7 min | 6.8% | 4,936 |
| All MEM → CLT flights | 80.3% | 1.63% | -6 min | 7.2% | 5,637 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA978 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLT→MCI Charlotte to Kansas City | 2026-05-19 – 2026-05-19 | 1 | — |
| MCI→CLT Kansas City to Charlotte | 2026-05-19 – 2026-05-19 | 1 | — |
| CLT→MEM Charlotte to Memphis | 2026-04-07 – 2026-05-12 | 6 | — |
| PHX→PHL Phoenix to Philadelphia | 2026-03-08 – 2026-04-06 | 30 | — |
| LGA→DFW New York to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2026-02-12 – 2026-03-07 | 24 | — |
| DCA→PBI Washington to West Palm Beach | 2026-01-06 – 2026-02-11 | 37 | — |
| ORD→LAX Chicago to Los Angeles | 2025-12-18 – 2026-01-05 | 17 | — |
| DCA→MIA Washington to Miami | 2025-12-03 – 2025-12-17 | 15 | — |
| IND→LAX Indianapolis to Los Angeles | 2025-11-22 – 2025-11-30 | 3 | — |
| MIA→LGA Miami to New York | 2025-11-02 – 2025-11-19 | 18 | — |
| DCA→ORD Washington to Chicago | 2023-07-01 – 2024-11-04 | 342 | 81.4% |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA978 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 566 records of AA978 operating MEM → 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 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.