Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records

AA 493 · New York (JFK) → Charlotte (CLT)

Sold by American. Still flying: 56 of the last 56 days (Daily).

Arrives on time86%within 15 minutes, of 116 flights
Cancelled1.7%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late7%of flights that operated
When late, on average142 minlate, among flights 15+ min late

Schedule

Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport.

Leaves JFK
12:00
Arrives CLT
14:09
Flight time
2h 09m
Days flown, last 8 weeks
56 of 56

Each square is a day, Sat Jun 6 to Fri Jul 31, two weeks per row (each column is the same weekday); filled = flew.

How late it arrives

Share of flights that operated arriving more than this late.

15+ min late14%
30+ min late11%
1h+ late7%
2h+ late4%
10%20%30% 015301h1h302h3h

Horizontal: minutes late at arrival (0 to 3 hours). Vertical: share of flights later than that.

Its hour at JFK

All flights leaving New York (JFK) at 12–1 pm, wherever they’re going: 81% left within 15 minutes and 2.6% were cancelled (5,171 flights in the year). Other American flights on this route →

Upcoming forecasts

Our odds that this flight is late or cancelled on the days we publish.