American Airlines DFW to IAD on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Washington · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
71%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.9%
25 flights
Avg arrival delay
23 min
74 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 78% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on DFW to IAD 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 #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 78% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (49%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft49%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion13%
- Extreme weather7%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DFW to IAD
- United Airlines84% on time · 14 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines84% on time · 13 min avg delay
- Republic Airways56% on time · 47 min avg delay
Full DFW to IAD comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
850 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 25 cancelled, 0 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.