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AA3281 American Airlines - Flight Status

Below, you can find details about American Airlines flight AA3281, which currently operates between the airports of Phoenix - Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (Airport Code PHX) and Houston - Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport (Airport Code IAH).
This flight data pertains specifically to the flight's details for Thursday, December 04, 2025.

AA3281 On Time performance:
93
We have calculated the percentage of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of their scheduled time, or earlier, based on real flight data from the last 3 months. More about punctuality and delays

Flight Status

AA3281 American Airlines to Houston

Landed - On-time
Flight Status for Thursday December 04, 2025

Airline information

American Airlines
American Airlines
Equipment: Airbus A319

Departure

Phoenix (PHX)
December 04, 2025
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
Departed at:
01:37 pm
Terminal:
4
Gate:
A10
Scheduled Departure Time: 01:44 pm

Arrival

Houston (IAH)
December 04, 2025
Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport
Arrived at:
05:06 pm
Terminal:
A
Gate:
A30
Scheduled Arrival Time: 05:17 pm
Baggage: 2
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Codeshare Flights

This flight is shared with other airlines, this means that these other flights are the same:

- AS6553 - Alaska Airlines

Additional Information

Which is the frequency of flight AA3281?
The flight AA3281 is scheduled to flight on daily basis.

Which is the distance of flight AA3281?
The distance between the two airports is 1007 miles.

Which is the flight time of flight AA3281?
The scheduled flight time gate to gate is: 02:33 hours.
The real flight time gate to gate on average is: 02:38 hours.

Are the departure airport and arrival airport at the same Time Zone?
No, each airport is in a different timezone. The times shown above, are presented in the local time of each respective airport.
Current Time in Phoenix: 2025-12-05 08:38:53
Current Time in Houston: 2025-12-05 09:38:53

Alternative Flights

The following airlines serves the same route between Phoenix and Houston:

American Airlines
- Flight Number: AA2873. (On Time performance: 76 - Average Delay: 14 minutes)
- Flight Number: AA3232. (On Time performance: 80 - Average Delay: 14 minutes)

Frontier Airlines
- Flight Number: F91704. (On Time performance: 90 - Average Delay: 14 minutes)
- Flight Number: F94184. (On Time performance: 67 - Average Delay: 21 minutes)

United Airlines
- Flight Number: UA1179.
- Flight Number: UA1885. (On Time performance: 70 - Average Delay: 22 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA1932. (On Time performance: 84 - Average Delay: 25 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA2249. (On Time performance: 89 - Average Delay: 5 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA2374. (On Time performance: 81 - Average Delay: 33 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA2858. (On Time performance: 82 - Average Delay: 3 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA313. (On Time performance: 88 - Average Delay: 17 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA378. (On Time performance: 84 - Average Delay: 22 minutes)
- Flight Number: UA477. (On Time performance: 91 - Average Delay: 3 minutes)

Volaris

Punctuality and delays

We have gathered data from recent months and present below an analysis of how timely the flights have been.

In terms of On-Time Performance, by analyzing the flight data from the last three months, spanning from November 02, 2025 to November 26, 2025, we have obtained these figures.
Total number of flights: 15
On Time: 14 ( 93 % )
Moderate Delay: 0 ( 0 % )
Significant Delay: 0 ( 0 % )
Major Delay: 1 ( 7 % )
Canceled: 0 ( 0 % )
Diverted: 0 ( 0 % )

Average Delay: 8 minutes.
Delays analyzed by Weekday: We have gathered available data from last six months, spanning from November 02, 2025 to November 26, 2025. Next, you can observe the results broken down by day of the week: number of flights analyzed, on-time performance per day, and average delay per day.

Note: We have excluded some days from the graph, since the quantity and quality of the data is not representative enough.

Delays analyzed by Month: It is not possible to calculate the On-Time Performance for this flight accurately by month due to insufficient or non-representative data, as doing so could lead to misleading conclusions

Last Past Flights AA3281

Date
Departure
Arrival
Duration
Aircraft
Status
Thursday
04 December
01:37 pm
Phoenix (PHX)
05:06 pm
Houston (IAH)
02h 29min
Airbus A319
Airbus A319
Landed - On-time
Tuesday
02 December
06:29 pm
Phoenix (PHX)
09:54 pm
Houston (IAH)
02h 25min
Airbus A319
Airbus A319
Landed - Delayed
Monday
01 December
01:23 pm
Phoenix (PHX)
05:10 pm
Houston (IAH)
02h 47min
Airbus A319
Airbus A319
Landed - On-time
Sunday
30 November
01:31 pm
Phoenix (PHX)
05:03 pm
Houston (IAH)
02h 32min
Airbus A319
Airbus A319
Landed - On-time
Saturday
29 November
01:22 pm
Phoenix (PHX)
04:47 pm
Houston (IAH)
02h 25min
Airbus A319
Airbus A319
Landed - On-time
Friday
28 November
01:38 pm
Phoenix (PHX)
05:19 pm
Houston (IAH)
02h 41min
Airbus A319
Airbus A319
Landed - On-time
Wednesday
26 November
01:25 pm
Phoenix (PHX)
04:47 pm
Houston (IAH)
02h 22min
Airbus A319
Airbus A319
Landed - On-time
Tuesday
25 November
01:36 pm
Phoenix (PHX)
05:14 pm
Houston (IAH)
02h 38min
Airbus A319
Airbus A319
Landed - On-time
Monday
24 November
01:26 pm
Phoenix (PHX)
05:24 pm
Houston (IAH)
02h 58min
Airbus A319
Airbus A319
Landed - On-time
Sunday
23 November
01:32 pm
Phoenix (PHX)
05:11 pm
Houston (IAH)
02h 39min
Airbus A319
Airbus A319
Landed - On-time