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American Airlines BUF to DFW on-time performance

American Airlines nonstop flights from Buffalo to Dallas/Fort Worth · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
74%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.9%
17 flights
Avg arrival delay
20 min
72 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 74% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on BUF to DFW arrived on time 74% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.9% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 74% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (45%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 58.9% on time, 1.8% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 60.3% on time, 1.5% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 79.3% on time, 3.3% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 79.7% on time, 1.7% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 71.4% on time, 3.4% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 62.2% on time, 2.6% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 68.8% on time, 8.6% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 85.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 89.7% on time, 6.5% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 89.7% on time, 3.3% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 77.5% on time, 2.4% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 67.9% on time, 3.3% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 72.1% on time, 1.4% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft45%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)29%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion22%
  • Extreme weather4%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on BUF to DFW

577 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 17 cancelled, 6 diverted.

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.