American Airlines A321
AANarrow-body jet
Fleet as reported in the 2025 annual filing · Registry & ages refreshed Nov 1, 2026
- Passengers flown a year
- 40.9M
- 2nd-largest American Airlines sub-fleet
- Airframes in the filing
- 223
- Airports served
- 92
- Countries
- 15
- Departures a day
- 726
- Average age
- 13.9 yr
How American Airlines flies its A321
Filed traffic dataThe count above is the A321 airframes American Airlines owns (US DOT Form 41). This is how it actually flew them to 92 airports across 15 countries — the capacity and busiest routes filed with US DOT T-100 over the trailing 12 months.
Departures flown
265,087
July 2026
Seats flown
49,360,797
Passengers
40.9M
Load factor
84.5%
RPM ÷ ASM
Block hours
811,316
American Airlines's busiest A321 routes
Its busiest A321 routes over the trailing 12 months, by departures.
6,706 departures · 1,051,043 passengers · 468 mi
82.5%
Load
Dallas-Fort Worth – Orlando (DFW–MCO)
5,816 departures · 966,802 passengers · 985 mi
87.5%
Load
New York – Los Angeles (JFK–LAX)
5,717 departures · 554,538 passengers · 2,475 mi
88.9%
Load
Charlotte – Dallas-Fort Worth (CLT–DFW)
5,540 departures · 866,835 passengers · 935 mi
82.3%
Load
Dallas-Fort Worth – Los Angeles (DFW–LAX)
5,435 departures · 874,731 passengers · 1,235 mi
84.8%
Load
Dallas-Fort Worth – San Diego (DFW–SAN)
5,214 departures · 863,204 passengers · 1,171 mi
87.1%
Load
4,970 departures · 764,991 passengers · 507 mi
81.0%
Load
Dallas-Fort Worth – Las Vegas (DFW–LAS)
4,769 departures · 783,160 passengers · 1,055 mi
86.4%
Load
Dallas-Fort Worth – San Francisco (DFW–SFO)
4,571 departures · 776,630 passengers · 1,464 mi
89.4%
Load
4,336 departures · 725,974 passengers · 1,773 mi
88.1%
Load
Charlotte – Raleigh/Durham (CLT–RDU)
4,225 departures · 578,252 passengers · 130 mi
72.0%
Load
Dallas-Fort Worth – Phoenix (DFW–PHX)
4,120 departures · 647,310 passengers · 868 mi
82.7%
Load
Denver – Dallas-Fort Worth (DEN–DFW)
3,998 departures · 637,804 passengers · 641 mi
84.0%
Load
Dallas-Fort Worth – Miami (DFW–MIA)
3,925 departures · 629,543 passengers · 1,121 mi
84.4%
Load
Dallas-Fort Worth – Philadelphia (DFW–PHL)
3,793 departures · 587,378 passengers · 1,303 mi
81.5%
Load
The longest and shortest American Airlines A321 flights
The two ends of the type's working envelope, from the routes it actually flew — not what the airframe is certified to do.
Longest route flown
3,255 mi
Edinburgh – New York (EDI–JFK)
7h 14m block · 288 departures · 75% load
Flown by American Airlines. A long leg for a narrow-body twin — far enough from a diversion airport that the type carries an ETOPS rating.
Shortest route flown
130 mi
Charlotte – Raleigh/Durham (CLT–RDU)
59m block · 4,225 departures · 72% load
Flown by American Airlines. About 59m of block time, most of it connecting traffic feeding the hub.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through July 2026.
Where American Airlines flies the A321 from
American Airlines flies its A321 from 92 US airports in 15 countries. The busiest, by departures:
- DFW
54,259 departures · 69 routes
21.0%
Share
- CLT
44,636 departures · 60 routes
17.3%
Share
- PHX
11,633 departures · 24 routes
4.5%
Share
- LAX
11,335 departures · 14 routes
4.4%
Share
- PHL
10,935 departures · 24 routes
4.2%
Share
- MIA
9,501 departures · 30 routes
3.7%
Share
- MCO
9,333 departures · 8 routes
3.6%
Share
- ORD
7,633 departures · 18 routes
3.0%
Share
- LAS
5,626 departures · 8 routes
2.2%
Share
- SFO
5,557 departures · 6 routes
2.2%
Share
Where the A321 sits in American Airlines's fleet
The A321 is 21.7% of American Airlines's 1,029 tracked mainline aircraft.
Share of American Airlines's mainline fleet · each type a slice
Other American Airlines types
How old is the American Airlines A321 fleet?
Age is measured from each airframe's delivery date — the FAA airworthiness date where available, otherwise the manufacturer's. Bars share a fixed scale across every fleet page, so two carriers can be compared directly.
See all 223 A321 tail numbers in American Airlines's fleet →
Monthly American Airlines A321 capacity
Frequently asked
How many A321 does American Airlines have?
American Airlines operates about 223 A321 aircraft — 220 in service and 3 stored in its latest US DOT fleet filing.
Where does American Airlines fly the A321?
American Airlines flies its A321 to about 92 US airports across 15 countries, its busiest route being CLT–MCO.
How old are American Airlines's A321?
American Airlines's A321 fleet averages about 13.9 yr, ranging from 0.4 yr to 25.7 yr.
What is the longest A321 route American Airlines flies?
The longest A321 route American Airlines flew over the trailing 12 months is EDI–JFK, about 3,255 miles.