About American Airlines

American Airlines is an airline based in United States, listed under the ICAO code AAL and the IATA code AA; air traffic control addresses its flights by the callsign "American". On this page you can follow American Airlines flights and find the airports it serves.

How to read a American Airlines flight number

Every American Airlines flight number starts with AA, followed by up to four digits: that is the number on your booking confirmation and boarding pass. In flight plans the same flight carries the ICAO prefix AAL, and controllers address it as "American". One thing to watch: codeshares. A ticket sold by another airline can be operated by American Airlines and vice versa; live tracking follows the operating carrier's number, so if your search comes up empty, check the "operated by" line on your booking.

American Airlines flights we tracked

Over the first 89 days of our own live tracking we logged 21927 aircraft movements operated by American Airlines. These figures are refreshed weekly. Tracking data: adsb.lol · Route data: adsbdb.com.

Routes we tracked on American Airlines

#RouteTracked flights
1Los Angeles (LAX) → New York (JFK)218
2New York (JFK) → Los Angeles (LAX)198
3Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → San Francisco (SFO)197
4Washington (DCA) → New York (LGA)194
5New York (LGA) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)171
6New York (LGA) → Washington (DCA)166
7Miami (MIA) → New York (LGA)166
8Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → New York (LGA)157
9Philadelphia (PHL) → Chicago (ORD)153
10Charlotte (CLT) → Boston (BOS)152
11Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Philadelphia (PHL)147
12San Francisco (SFO) → New York (JFK)138
13Philadelphia (PHL) → Charlotte (CLT)137
14Los Angeles (LAX) → Philadelphia (PHL)131
15New York (LGA) → Chicago (ORD)129
16New York (JFK) → Charlotte (CLT)127
17Philadelphia (PHL) → Los Angeles (LAX)124
18New York (LGA) → Miami (MIA)119
19Chicago (ORD) → New York (LGA)119
20Boston (BOS) → Miami (MIA)118
21Philadelphia (PHL) → Phoenix (PHX)117
22Philadelphia (PHL) → Miami (MIA)116
23New York (LGA) → Charlotte (CLT)114
24San Francisco (SFO) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)112
25Charlotte (CLT) → New York (EWR)111
26Philadelphia (PHL) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)109
27Chicago (ORD) → Boston (BOS)109
28New York (EWR) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)108
29Phoenix (PHX) → Philadelphia (PHL)108
30Denver (DEN) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)107
31Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Los Angeles (LAX)105
32Charlotte (CLT) → San Francisco (SFO)104
33Miami (MIA) → Philadelphia (PHL)103
34Charlotte (CLT) → Philadelphia (PHL)101
35Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Boston (BOS)99
36Boston (BOS) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)99
37New York (JFK) → San Francisco (SFO)95
38New York (JFK) → Miami (MIA)94
39Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → New Orleans (MSY)94
40Charlotte (CLT) → Hartford (BDL)91
41Santa Ana (SNA) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)91
42Charlotte (CLT) → New York (LGA)90
43Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Chicago (ORD)90
44Washington (DCA) → Boston (BOS)89
45Boston (BOS) → Washington (DCA)89
46Boston (BOS) → Charlotte (CLT)88
47Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Tampa (TPA)87
48Philadelphia (PHL) → Las Vegas (LAS)87
49Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → New York (EWR)86
50Raleigh/Durham (RDU) → New York (LGA)85
51New Orleans (MSY) → Philadelphia (PHL)84
52Boston (BOS) → Philadelphia (PHL)80
53Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Austin (AUS)80
54Philadelphia (PHL) → Orlando (MCO)79
55Miami (MIA) → New Orleans (MSY)79
56San Diego (SAN) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)78
57Chicago (ORD) → Charlotte (CLT)78
58Phoenix (PHX) → San Francisco (SFO)78
59Indianapolis (IND) → Philadelphia (PHL)77
60San Francisco (SFO) → Phoenix (PHX)77
61Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → San Antonio (SAT)76
62Washington (DCA) → Chicago (ORD)75
63Chicago (ORD) → Philadelphia (PHL)75
64Miami (MIA) → Chicago (ORD)74
65Washington (DCA) → Portland (PWM)73
66San Francisco (SFO) → Charlotte (CLT)73
67San Francisco (SFO) → Philadelphia (PHL)71
68New York (EWR) → Charlotte (CLT)70
69Charlotte (CLT) → Phoenix (PHX)70
70San Diego (SAN) → Phoenix (PHX)70
71Philadelphia (PHL) → San Francisco (SFO)69
72Chicago (ORD) → Washington (DCA)68
73Washington (DCA) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)68
74Chicago (ORD) → San Francisco (SFO)68
75Los Angeles (LAX) → Chicago (ORD)67
76Portland (PWM) → Washington (DCA)66
77New York (JFK) → Phoenix (PHX)63
78Charlotte (CLT) → New Orleans (MSY)62
79Boston (BOS) → Chicago (ORD)62
80San Diego (SAN) → Philadelphia (PHL)62
81Chicago (ORD) → Los Angeles (LAX)62
82Las Vegas (LAS) → Philadelphia (PHL)61
83Chicago (ORD) → New York (EWR)60
84Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Detroit (DTW)60
85Philadelphia (PHL) → San Diego (SAN)59
86Phoenix (PHX) → Portland (PDX)59
87Miami (MIA) → San Francisco (SFO)59
88Washington (DCA) → Phoenix (PHX)58
89Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → San Diego (SAN)57
90Philadelphia (PHL) → Indianapolis (IND)57
91Charlotte (CLT) → Las Vegas (LAS)57
92Philadelphia (PHL) → Portland (PWM)56
93Philadelphia (PHL) → Boston (BOS)56
94Phoenix (PHX) → Boston (BOS)56
95San Diego (SAN) → Charlotte (CLT)56
96Philadelphia (PHL) → Fort Myers (RSW)56
97Boston (BOS) → Los Angeles (LAX)56
98Charlotte (CLT) → Madison (MSN)55
99Los Angeles (LAX) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)55
100Boston (BOS) → Phoenix (PHX)53
101Denver (DEN) → Philadelphia (PHL)53
102Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → New York (JFK)53
103Santa Ana (SNA) → Phoenix (PHX)53
104Phoenix (PHX) → Austin (AUS)52
105Raleigh/Durham (RDU) → Philadelphia (PHL)52
106Jacksonville (JAX) → Charlotte (CLT)52
107Sacramento (SMF) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)52
108Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Las Vegas (LAS)52
109New York (LGA) → Raleigh/Durham (RDU)51
110Las Vegas (LAS) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)51
111Philadelphia (PHL) → Montego Bay (MBJ)51
112New York (EWR) → Chicago (ORD)51
113Washington (DCA) → Providence (PVD)51
114Austin (AUS) → Los Angeles (LAX)51
115San Antonio (SAT) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)51
116San Francisco (SFO) → Miami (MIA)51
117Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Cincinnati / Covington (CVG)50
118San Francisco (SFO) → Los Angeles (LAX)49
119Washington (DCA) → Charlotte (CLT)48
120Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Miami (MIA)48
121Orlando (MCO) → Philadelphia (PHL)48
122Philadelphia (PHL) → Pittsburgh (PIT)48
123Miami (MIA) → Los Angeles (LAX)48
124Cedar Rapids (CID) → Charlotte (CLT)48
125Chicago (ORD) → Miami (MIA)47
126Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Tucson (TUS)47
127Phoenix (PHX) → Washington (DCA)46
128Philadelphia (PHL) → New Orleans (MSY)46
129Miami (MIA) → Boston (BOS)45
130Las Vegas (LAS) → Chicago (ORD)45
131Nashville (BNA) → Philadelphia (PHL)44
132Detroit (DTW) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)44
133Chicago (ORD) → Orlando (MCO)44
134Philadelphia (PHL) → West Palm Beach (PBI)44
135Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Minneapolis (MSP)44
136Los Angeles (LAX) → Washington (DCA)44
137Kansas City (MCI) → Charlotte (CLT)43
138New Orleans (MSY) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)43
139Washington (DCA) → Miami (MIA)42
140Honolulu (HNL) → Los Angeles (LAX)42
141Philadelphia (PHL) → Hartford (BDL)42
142Pittsburgh (PIT) → Philadelphia (PHL)42
143San Jose (SJC) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)41
144Charleston (CHS) → Philadelphia (PHL)41
145Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Denver (DEN)41
146Seattle (SEA) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)41
147Miami (MIA) → New York (JFK)41
148Phoenix (PHX) → New York (EWR)41
149Atlanta (ATL) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)40
150Indianapolis (IND) → Charlotte (CLT)40
151Miami (MIA) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)40
152Charlotte (CLT) → Indianapolis (IND)40
153Nashville (BNA) → Chicago (ORD)40
154Los Angeles (LAX) → Charlotte (CLT)40
155Chicago (ORD) → San Diego (SAN)40
156Austin (AUS) → Phoenix (PHX)40
157Philadelphia (PHL) → Tampa (TPA)40
158Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Charlotte (CLT)40
159Charlotte (CLT) → Cleveland (CLE)39
160Austin (AUS) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)39
161Cleveland (CLE) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)39
162New Orleans (MSY) → Charlotte (CLT)39
163Columbus (CMH) → Philadelphia (PHL)39
164New Orleans (MSY) → Washington (DCA)39
165Charlotte (CLT) → Chicago (ORD)39
166Charlotte (CLT) → Providence (PVD)38
167Philadelphia (PHL) → Charleston (CHS)38
168Raleigh/Durham (RDU) → Charlotte (CLT)38
169Portland (PDX) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)38
170Fort Myers (RSW) → Chicago (ORD)38
171Phoenix (PHX) → San Diego (SAN)38
172Austin (AUS) → New York (JFK)37
173Las Vegas (LAS) → Phoenix (PHX)37
174Denver (DEN) → Chicago (ORD)37
175St Louis (STL) → Philadelphia (PHL)37
176Phoenix (PHX) → San Jose (SJC)36
177Hartford (BDL) → Charlotte (CLT)36
178Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Toronto (YYZ)36
179Philadelphia (PHL) → Austin (AUS)36
180Orlando (MCO) → Charlotte (CLT)36
181Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Washington (DCA)36
182Detroit (DTW) → Charlotte (CLT)35
183El Paso (ELP) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)35
184Charlotte (CLT) → Norfolk (ORF)35
185Portland (PWM) → Philadelphia (PHL)35
186New York (JFK) → London (LHR)34
187London (LHR) → New York (JFK)34
188Kansas City (MCI) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)34
189Los Angeles (LAX) → Honolulu (HNL)34
190Toronto (YYZ) → Miami (MIA)34
191Washington (DCA) → Bangor (BGR)34
192Chicago (ORD) → Las Vegas (LAS)34
193Washington (IAD) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)34
194Tampa (TPA) → Charlotte (CLT)34
195New York (JFK) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)34
196Los Angeles (LAX) → San Francisco (SFO)34
197Phoenix (PHX) → Charlotte (CLT)34
198Washington (DCA) → New Orleans (MSY)33
199Los Angeles (LAX) → Boston (BOS)33
200Portland (PDX) → Phoenix (PHX)33
201Orlando (MCO) → Chicago (ORD)33
202Phoenix (PHX) → Santa Ana (SNA)33
203Chicago (ORD) → Liberia (LIR)33
204Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Atlanta (ATL)32
205Denver (DEN) → Phoenix (PHX)32
206Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Orlando (MCO)32
207Minneapolis (MSP) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)32
208Philadelphia (PHL) → Fort Lauderdale (FLL)32
209St Louis (STL) → New York (LGA)32
210Richmond (RIC) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)32
211Washington (DCA) → Orlando (MCO)32
212Philadelphia (PHL) → Sarasota/Bradenton (SRQ)31
213Phoenix (PHX) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)31
214Toronto (YYZ) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)31
215San Antonio (SAT) → Chicago (ORD)31
216Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Santa Ana (SNA)31
217Portland (PDX) → Charlotte (CLT)31
218Detroit (DTW) → Phoenix (PHX)31
219New York (EWR) → Phoenix (PHX)31
220Seattle (SEA) → Philadelphia (PHL)31
221Charlotte (CLT) → Minneapolis (MSP)31
222Spokane (GEG) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)31
223Philadelphia (PHL) → St Louis (STL)31
224Minneapolis (MSP) → Chicago (ORD)31
225New York (EWR) → Miami (MIA)30
226Orlando (MCO) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)30
227Liberia (LIR) → Austin (AUS)30
228Charlotte (CLT) → Seattle (SEA)30
229Cincinnati / Covington (CVG) → Charlotte (CLT)29
230Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Fresno (FAT)29
231Houston (IAH) → Philadelphia (PHL)29
232Miami (MIA) → Washington (DCA)29
233Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Phoenix (PHX)29
234San Jose (SJC) → Charlotte (CLT)29
235Philadelphia (PHL) → Columbus (CMH)29
236London (LHR) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)29
237Philadelphia (PHL) → Bangor (BGR)29
238West Palm Beach (PBI) → New York (LGA)29
239Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Syracuse (SYR)28
240Philadelphia (PHL) → Atlanta (ATL)28
241Austin (AUS) → Philadelphia (PHL)28
242Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Houston (IAH)28
243Miami (MIA) → Seattle (SEA)28
244Raleigh/Durham (RDU) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)27
245Boston (BOS) → Austin (AUS)27
246Chicago (ORD) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)27
247Baltimore (BWI) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)27
248Phoenix (PHX) → New York (JFK)27
249Charleston (CHS) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)27
250Tampa (TPA) → Philadelphia (PHL)27
251Bangor (BGR) → Washington (DCA)27
252Las Vegas (LAS) → Austin (AUS)26
253Columbus (CMH) → Charlotte (CLT)26
254West Palm Beach (PBI) → Chicago (ORD)26
255Tampa (TPA) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)26
256Ontario (ONT) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)26
257Fort Myers (RSW) → Philadelphia (PHL)26
258Minneapolis (MSP) → Charlotte (CLT)26
259Calgary (YYC) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)26
260New York (JFK) → Austin (AUS)26
261Gunnison (GUC) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)25
262New York (LGA) → New Orleans (MSY)25
263Charlotte (CLT) → St Louis (STL)25
264Cozumel (CZM) → Chicago (ORD)25
265Atlanta (ATL) → Chicago (ORD)25
266Phoenix (PHX) → Chicago (ORD)25
267Munich (MUC) → Charlotte (CLT)25
268Tulsa (TUL) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)24
269Salt Lake City (SLC) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)24
270San Francisco (SFO) → Chicago (ORD)24
271Austin (AUS) → Boston (BOS)24
272Las Vegas (LAS) → Charlotte (CLT)24
273Charlotte (CLT) → Omaha (OMA)24
274Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Raleigh/Durham (RDU)24
275Silao (BJX) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)24
276Louisville (SDF) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)24
277St Louis (STL) → Phoenix (PHX)24
278San Juan (SJU) → Miami (MIA)23
279Charlotte (CLT) → Tampa (TPA)23
280Philadelphia (PHL) → Cleveland (CLE)23
281Santa Ana (SNA) → Chicago (ORD)23
282Chicago (ORD) → Phoenix (PHX)23
283St Louis (STL) → Boston (BOS)23
284Chicago (ORD) → Hartford (BDL)23
285Cleveland (CLE) → Philadelphia (PHL)22
286Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Nashville (BNA)22
287Atlanta (ATL) → Miami (MIA)22
288Boston (BOS) → New York (JFK)22
289Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Milwaukee (MKE)22
290Fort Lauderdale (FLL) → Charlotte (CLT)22
291Cincinnati / Covington (CVG) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)22
292Phoenix (PHX) → San Antonio (SAT)22
293St Louis (STL) → Charlotte (CLT)22
294West Palm Beach (PBI) → Charlotte (CLT)22
295San Diego (SAN) → Chicago (ORD)22
296Honolulu (HNL) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)21
297Louisville (SDF) → Charlotte (CLT)21
298Jacksonville (JAX) → Chicago (ORD)21
299Miami (MIA) → New York (EWR)21
300Atlanta (ATL) → Charlotte (CLT)21

Top 10 American Airlines flights we tracked

#FlightRouteTimes seen
1AAL4Los Angeles (LAX) → New York (JFK)53
2AAL166San Francisco (SFO) → New York (JFK)50
3AAL2459Cedar Rapids (CID) → Charlotte (CLT)48
4AAL657Charlotte (CLT) → Hartford (BDL)46
5AAL2660Phoenix (PHX) → Portland (PDX)44
6AAL148San Francisco (SFO) → Los Angeles (LAX)39
7AAL2387New York (EWR) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)39
8AAL2454New Orleans (MSY) → Philadelphia (PHL)39
9AAL2470Charlotte (CLT) → Las Vegas (LAS)39
10AAL2463Santa Ana (SNA) → Phoenix (PHX)36

Frequently asked questions about American Airlines

Where is my American Airlines flight right now?

Search the flight number (AA plus digits) in the search box on this page. If the aircraft is airborne within receiver coverage, you will see its live status; before departure you will see the route.

Is my American Airlines flight delayed or cancelled?

Check the flight number on this page for live status, but for rebooking, gate changes and cancellations the airline itself remains the authoritative source.

What do AA and AAL mean on American Airlines flights?

They are two prefixes for the same airline. AA is the IATA code you see on tickets; AAL is the ICAO code used in flight plans and by air traffic control.

Does American Airlines operate flights for other airlines?

Codeshare agreements mean a flight sold under another carrier's number may be operated by American Airlines, and the reverse. Live tracking always follows the operating carrier's flight number; check the "operated by" line on your booking.