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AA 5242 on time

American Airlines 5242: Dayton to Charlotte at 8:30 a.m. (past 12 months)

On time
88%
198 flights · likely 83–92%
Cancelled
0.0%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
−14 min
median vs schedule
When late
+65 min
average delay
Similar flights
88%
AA, same route & hour

About 1 in 9 AA 5242 flights from Dayton arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (12%); 0.0% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 14 minutes early.

AA 5242: DAY → CLT

Scheduled to leave Dayton at 8:30 a.m. local time, operated by PSA Airlines as OH 5242. Over the past year it arrived on time 88% of the time (198 flights), in line with other AA flights on the route at that hour (88%). Last seen in the data Aug 31, 2026.

Month by month

40%70%100%May 2025: 84% on time (31 flights)84MayJun 2025: 89% on time (27 flights)89JunJul 2025: 88% on time (26 flights)88JulAug 2025: 87% on time (30 flights)87AugSep 2025: 93% on time (30 flights)93SepOct 2025: 94% on time (31 flights)94OctNov 2025: too few flights (1 flights)NovApr 2026: 88% on time (24 flights)88AprMay 2026: 80% on time (30 flights)80MayJun 2026: 84% on time (25 flights)84JunJul 2026: 93% on time (27 flights)93JulAug 2026: 87% on time (30 flights)87Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday3093%
Tuesday19—
Wednesday3083%
Thursday3090%
Friday3083%
Saturday3087%
Sunday2993%

Why it was late

Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 52%Late inbound plane 32%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 15%

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Questions

How often is AA 5242 from DAY to CLT late?

American Airlines 5242 from Dayton, OH to Charlotte, NC arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 12% of 198 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.