American Airlines DFW to DSM on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Des Moines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
57%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.3%
42 flights
Avg arrival delay
42 min
96 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 4
route average 66% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on DFW to DSM arrived on time 57% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 4.3% were cancelled, and 20% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 66% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (56%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft56%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion7%
- Extreme weather6%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DFW to DSM
- Envoy Air87% on time · 8 min avg delay
- PSA Airlines82% on time · 15 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines80% on time · 14 min avg delay
Full DFW to DSM comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
971 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 42 cancelled, 1 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.