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AA 387 on time

American Airlines 387: Detroit to Charlotte at 6:00 a.m. (past 12 months)

On time
90%
195 flights · likely 85–94%
Cancelled
1.0%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
−17 min
median vs schedule
When late
+323 min
average delay
Similar flights
85%
AA, same route & hour

About 1 in 10 AA 387 flights from Detroit arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (10%); 1.0% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 17 minutes early.

AA 387: DTW → CLT

Scheduled to leave Detroit at 6:00 a.m. local time. Over the past year it arrived on time 90% of the time (195 flights), better than other AA flights on the route at that hour (85%). Last seen in the data Aug 31, 2026.

Month by month

40%70%100%May 2025: 87% on time (31 flights)87MayJun 2025: 90% on time (30 flights)90JunJul 2025: 100% on time (30 flights)100JulAug 2025: 94% on time (31 flights)94AugSep 2025: 92% on time (26 flights)92SepOct 2025: 93% on time (28 flights)93OctNov 2025: too few flights (1 flights)NovApr 2026: 90% on time (20 flights)90AprMay 2026: 86% on time (28 flights)86MayJun 2026: 93% on time (30 flights)93JunJul 2026: 87% on time (31 flights)87JulAug 2026: 90% on time (31 flights)90Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday3080%
Tuesday2291%
Wednesday2990%
Thursday3093%
Friday30100%
Saturday2596%
Sunday2983%

Why it was late

Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 97%Late inbound plane 2%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 1%

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Questions

How often is AA 387 from DTW to CLT late?

American Airlines 387 from Detroit, MI to Charlotte, NC arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 10% of 195 scheduled flights between September 2025 and August 2026. 1.0% were cancelled.

Flight numbers change. Figures cover flights with this airline, number and route only. "Likely range" is the 95% interval for the true on-time rate given the number of flights. This is history, not live status: check American Airlines for today's flight. Method.