AA4971 ELP → LAX

American Airlines · El Paso, TX to Los Angeles, CA · 155 flights observed, 2025-11-02 to 2026-04-05 · 715 mi

This flight has been getting less reliable recently — 2026-04's on-time rate (40%) is well below the 85% average from earlier months.

AA4971 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for ELP → LAX, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
84%
Median delay
-14 min
90th percentile
+48 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How often is AA4971 on time?

Across 155 flights on ELP → LAX from 2025-11-02 to 2026-04-05, AA4971 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 84% of the time. The median arrival delay was -14 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +48 min or later. 1% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time12884%
16-30 min64%
31-60 min85%
61-120 min32%
2+ hrs85%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-112990%-4 min
2025-123197%-7 min
2026-013187%+3 min
2026-022774%+3 min
2026-033077%+39 min
2026-04540%+23 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon2273%
Tue2295%
Wed2277%
Thu2286%
Fri2286%
Sat2190%
Sun2277%

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