American Airlines DFW to ATL on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Atlanta · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
71%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.9%
77 flights
Avg arrival delay
22 min
70 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 6
route average 75% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on DFW to ATL arrived on time 71% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2.9% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 6 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (50%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft50%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)32%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion13%
- Extreme weather5%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DFW to ATL
- Delta Air Lines83% on time · 15 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines66% on time · 25 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines73% on time · 19 min avg delay
- Envoy Air81% on time · 10 min avg delay
- PSA Airlines67% on time · 21 min avg delay
Full DFW to ATL comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
2,629 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 77 cancelled, 11 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.