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AA 487 on time

American Airlines 487: Nashville to Miami at 7:20 a.m. (past 12 months)

On time
90%
132 flights · likely 84–94%
Cancelled
0.0%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
−14 min
median vs schedule
When late
+216 min
average delay
Similar flights
82%
AA, same route & hour

About 1 in 10 AA 487 flights from Nashville arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (10%); 0.0% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 14 minutes early.

AA 487: BNA → MIA

Scheduled to leave Nashville at 7:20 a.m. local time. Over the past year it arrived on time 90% of the time (132 flights), better than other AA flights on the route at that hour (82%). Last seen in the data Aug 31, 2026.

Month by month

40%70%100%Jun 2025: 81% on time (26 flights)81JunJul 2025: 77% on time (31 flights)77JulAug 2025: 87% on time (31 flights)87AugSep 2025: too few flights (2 flights)SepOct 2025: 96% on time (26 flights)96OctNov 2025: too few flights (1 flights)NovMay 2026: too few flights (11 flights)MayJun 2026: 93% on time (30 flights)93JunJul 2026: 87% on time (31 flights)87JulAug 2026: 87% on time (31 flights)87Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday20100%
Tuesday19—
Wednesday18—
Thursday19—
Friday19—
Saturday19—
Sunday18—

Why it was late

Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 73%Late inbound plane 22%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 5%

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Questions

How often is AA 487 from BNA to MIA late?

American Airlines 487 from Nashville, TN to Miami, FL arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 10% of 132 scheduled flights between September 2025 and August 2026. 0.0% 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.