AA2981 STL → MIA

American Airlines · St. Louis, MO to Miami, FL · 119 flights observed, 2025-11-02 to 2026-04-06 · 1,068 mi

This flight's scheduled flight time has grown by 10 min since 2025-11 — some of the on-time performance may reflect a more generous published schedule, not a faster or more reliable flight.

AA2981 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for STL → MIA, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
93%
Median delay
-16 min
90th percentile
+5 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How often is AA2981 on time?

Across 119 flights on STL → MIA from 2025-11-02 to 2026-04-06, AA2981 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 93% of the time. The median arrival delay was -16 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +5 min or later. 2% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time10993%
16-30 min43%
31-60 min11%
61-120 min22%
2+ hrs11%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-112990%-7 min
2025-123190%-8 min
2026-015100%-23 min
2026-0217100%-21 min
2026-032993%-10 min
2026-046100%-13 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon17100%
Tue1593%
Wed1688%
Thu17100%
Fri17100%
Sat1776%
Sun1894%

Based on US Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading live conditions and full charts…